Meaning of damn in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The use of "damn" as a curse.

  Example: He said a few damns and left.

• A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

  Example: The new hires aren't worth a damn.

• The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

  Example: I don't give a damn.

verb

• To condemn to hell.

  Example: I damn you eternally, fiend!

• To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

• To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

  Example: I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.

• To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

• To curse; put a curse upon.

  Example: That man stole my wallet. Damn him!

• To invoke damnation; to curse.

adjective

• Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

  Example: Shut the damn door!

adverb

• Very; extremely.

  Example: That car was going damn fast!

interjection

• Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or suprise, etc. See also dammit.