damned en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dæmd/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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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”:
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(alt-of, alternative) Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.
alt of profane damn
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.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of I'll be damned.
alt of I'll be damned
Damned if I know.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)