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damned

dam·ned

UK/dæmd/ US/ˈdæmd/ common

adjective

1.

expletives used informally as intensifiers

  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “s a blamed shame”
  • “a blame cold winter”
  • “not a blessed dime”
  • “I”
  • “ll do any such thing”
  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “;”
2.

in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

  • “poor damned souls”

noun

1.

people who are condemned to eternal punishment

  • “he felt he had visited the realm of the damned”

adverb

1.

in a damnable manner

  • “kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!”

Phrases

  • as be damned
  • be damned
  • damned if I know
  • damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
  • damned well
  • I'll be damned
  • purser rigged and parish damned
  • the dickens

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