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damned en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Godforsaken.
    • You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight. 1982, Iron Maiden, “Children of the Damned”:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.
    • I can't get this damned thing to work.
    • He became furious when developers tore them down to build newer and bigger ones. “It’s like a damned theme park!” he rages. “What happened to the frickin’ sin?” 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 37:
    • Their damned lawyers can go to hell.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of I'll be damned.
    • Damned if I know.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
damndest Degree=Sup lexicographic
damnder Degree=Cmp lexicographic
damneder Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most damned Degree=Sup lexicographic
more damned Degree=Cmp lexicographic
damnedest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

ever-damned · foredamned · purser rigged and parish damned · undamned · damned well · I'll be damned · damned if one does and damned if one doesn't · fore-damned · Billy-be-damned · as be damned · be damned · damned if I know

Relateds

the dickens · total · :Category:English intensifiers · dammit

Synonyms

fugging · dashed · gormed · hecking · cursed · darn · damned · bleeping · tormented · fey · consarned · goddam · deuced · ever-damned · raasclaat · fudging · danged · motherfucking · hellbound · ill-fated · goddamned · dagnabbed · confounded · bloody · cowson · lost · goddamn · accursed · goddarned · cotton-picking · cussed · damblasted · blooming · damnable · damned · infernal · dadburn · goshdarned · deuced · blimming · dratted · plain · godforsaken · blessed · furshlugginer · doomed · goldurn · blinking · done · holy · doggone · 4ucking · sunk · fricking · flipping · condemned · jiggered · fey · stinking · freaking · fecking · damned · finished · bleeding · fucking · dadgum · star-crossed · mollyfogging · dead meat · goddamned · sniggered · undone · accursed · accursed · sodding · effing · ever-damned · ever-loving · goshdarn · darned · cursed · reprobate · precious · blasted · living · flaming · ruddy · deityforsaken · pissing · bally · sentenced · reprobate · damn · dang · godforsaken · frigging

Translations (59)

ru прокля́тый (god-forsaken) · la condemnātus (god-forsaken) · sk zatratený (god-forsaken) · jam bomboclaat (god-forsaken) · es damnado (desus.) (god-forsaken) · es réprobo (god-forsaken) · jam rassclaat (god-forsaken) · lb verdäiwelt (god-forsaken) · de verflucht (god-forsaken) · tr lain (god-forsaken) · af verdomp (god-forsaken) · pt condenado (god-forsaken) · he ארור (god-forsaken) · hu átkozott (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · es maldito (god-forsaken) · pl pieprzony (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · it dannato (god-forsaken) · tr lanet (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · gl maldito (god-forsaken) · jam bloodclaat (god-forsaken) · ru чёртовый (god-forsaken) · gl condenado (god-forsaken) · ja 罰当たり (god-forsaken) · fr condamné (god-forsaken) · sk prekliaty (god-forsaken) · de verdammt (god-forsaken) · fr perdu (god-forsaken) · ja 忌まわしい (god-forsaken) · ru трекля́тый (god-forsaken) · tr melun (god-forsaken) · ota لعنت (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · eo damninda (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · la damnātus (god-forsaken) · pt amaldiçoado (god-forsaken) · uk проклятий (god-forsaken) · cs zatracený (god-forsaken) · tr lanetli (god-forsaken) · fi kirottu (god-forsaken) · pt maldito (god-forsaken) · hu nyavalyás (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · af verdoem (god-forsaken) · id bedebah (god-forsaken) · cmn 該死的 /该死的 (god-forsaken) · el καταραμένος (god-forsaken) · fr maudit (god-forsaken) · ca maleït (god-forsaken) · pl cholerny (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · ja くそいまいましい (god-forsaken) · hu kárhozott (god-forsaken) · pl przeklęty (god-forsaken) · myv сюдовт (god-forsaken) · mk проклет (god-forsaken) · hu elkárhozott (god-forsaken) · cs proklatý (god-forsaken) · bg прокълнат (god-forsaken) · he מקולל (god-forsaken) · hu rohadt (variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something) · fr foutu (god-forsaken) · lb louder (god-forsaken)

damned en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (vulgar) Very.
    • […] Jacques Cartier found the new country quite exciting, gleefully naming it Canada, from the Eskimo word canuck, which I’m told means, “I’m damned sick of all this snow and that polar bear tried to eat me.” 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 49:
    • What's so damned important about a football game?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more damned Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most damned Degree=Sup lexicographic

damned en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of damn
    form of damn