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damn

1 damn /ˈdæm/ interjection
1 damn
/ˈdæm/
interjection
Learner's definition of DAMN
informal + impolite
used to show that you are angry, annoyed, surprised, etc.(表愤怒、厌烦、吃惊等)该死,讨厌,他妈的
2 damn /ˈdæm/ verb
damns; damned; damning
2 damn
/ˈdæm/
verb
damns; damned; damning
Learner's definition of DAMN
[+ object]
informal + impolite
used to show that you are angry or annoyed at a person, thing, or situation(表愤怒或厌烦)该死,讨厌,混账
used to say in a forceful way that you do not care about something(强调对某事毫不在意)不管,无所谓
: to send (someone) to hell as punishment after death令(某人)下地狱usually used as (be) damned通常用作(be) damned
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
: to say or think bad things about (someone or something) : to strongly criticize (someone or something)严厉批评;指责;咒骂

as near as damn it

see 1near

damn with faint praise

: to give praise without enthusiasm in a way that shows you really dislike someone or something明褒实贬;用冷淡的赞许贬低

I'll be damned

informal + impolite
used to show that you are very surprised about something真没想到;真让我吃惊
often + if
sometimes shortened to damned if有时简化为damned if
used to say that you cannot or will not do something决不;绝对不;+ if

the damned

: the people who have been sent to hell as punishment after their death死后被打入地狱的人

(you're) damned if you do and damned if you don't

informal
used to say that you will be blamed or considered wrong no matter what you do左右为难;做也不是,不做也不是

— damning

adjective [more damning; most damning]
3 damn /ˈdæm/ noun
3 damn
/ˈdæm/
noun
Learner's definition of DAMN
[singular] informal + impolite
: anything at all一点点;丝毫usually used in negative statements通常用于否定句
see also tinker's damn

give a damn

also care a damn
: to care at all about someone or something(对…)在乎used in negative statements用于否定句
4 damn /ˈdæm/ adjective
also damned
4 damn
/ˈdæm/
adjective
also damned
Learner's definition of DAMN
always used before a noun informal + impolite
used to show that you are angry, annoyed, surprised, etc.(表愤怒、厌烦、吃惊等)该死的,讨厌的,混账的
used to make a statement more forceful(用于加强语气)十足的,完全的
see also damnedest
5 damn /ˈdæm/ adverb
also damned
5 damn
/ˈdæm/
adverb
also damned
Learner's definition of DAMN
informal + impolite
: very or extremely极其;非常
see also damnedest
BNC: 6565 COCA: 4414

damn

1 of 3

verb

damned; damning ˈda-miŋ How to pronounce damn (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to condemn to a punishment or fate
especially : to condemn to hell
2
a
: to condemn vigorously and often irascibly for some real or fancied fault or defect
damned the storm for their delay
b
: to condemn as a failure by public criticism
3
: to bring ruin on
4
: to swear at : curse
often used to express annoyance, disgust, or surprise
damn him, he should have been carefulI'll be damned

damn

2 of 3

noun

1
: the utterance of the word damn as a curse
2
: a minimum amount or degree (as of care or consideration) : the least bit
don't give a damn

damn

3 of 3

adjective or adverb

: damned
a damn nuisance
ran damn fast
Phrases
damn well
: beyond doubt or question : certainly
knew damn well what would happen

Example Sentences

Verb But it is functional talk for the purpose of conveying information, not, as often in the case of Waugh, for entertaining his audience, humdrum veracity be damned. Robert Murray Davis, Commonweal, 5 June 2009 Congress demanded an immediate investigation and over the next year held dramatic hearings, launched a variety of inquests, and produced several pounds of reports that condemned FEMA. One report damned the agency as a dumping ground for political appointees … Christopher Cooper & Robert Block, Disaster, 2006 No American war has been more roundly damned than the Mexican. Within months after its outbreak Whigs and abolitionists accused Polk of plotting the ambush on the Rio Grande and misrepresenting the facts in order to stampede the nation into a war of conquest … Walter A. McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State, 1997 He damned them for their stupidity. damned the car for once again breaking down Noun I don't want to hear about your problems—I just don't give a damn. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Then the scale will be huge, and nuclear weapons, then surely someone will use it, damn it. Mary Ilyushina, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 Then the scale will be huge, and nuclear weapons, then surely someone will use it, damn it. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 There are some disqualifying metrics—anything less than fawning praise will damn them; hatred for Mitch McConnell is strongly preferred. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2022 Be big, run fast, jump high, do good around cones, and damn the game tape. Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022 Both adore print and know their way around a logo—and damn if their joint show wasn’t the glammest event of the season as Naomi Campbell closed their Milan runway in Versace metal mesh, emblazoned with Fendi’s double-F’s. Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2022 Swing wide, ye driver’s door of temptation: The interior space is cavernous, and its décor gorgeous and sophisticated, damn it. Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 In his mind, this is his moment, his triumphal historical drama, and damn the cost. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2022 For Copperheads, the idea of us bearing up as fully men would damn near signal the apocalypse. New York Times, 14 Feb. 2022
Noun
Lindsay Lohan is too glam to give a damn in her latest Instagram post! Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022 What if the world were ending and no one gave a damn, including most of the people in a position to actually do something about it? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 Yet prison consulting also involves dealing with a desolate human being who has lost almost everything — friends, family, money, reputation — and done it in such a way that no one gives a damn. New York Times, 7 June 2022 There isn’t any consensus behind radical reform of the tax code in general, still less consensus behind any particular radical reform, and even less consensus behind any particular radical reform that would be worth a damn. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022 This is a life-or-death emergency that divides responsible gun owners and responsive lawmakers from people who just don’t seem to give a damn. Van Jones, CNN, 7 June 2022 Michelle is perfectly capable of saving her own damn self. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2021 What if the world were ending and no one gave a damn, including most of the people in a position to actually do something about it? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2021 What if the world were ending and no one gave a damn, including most of the people in a position to actually do something about it? Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Adjective or adverb
Lizzo has something to say, and it’s about damn time that EVERYBODY listened up. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2022 Better Call Saul has just been doing the damn thing as a single ongoing story right up to episode 63. Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022 It’s about damn time for a 37-year-old song that’s crept ever closer to the top of the Hot 100 following its Stranger Things revival to finally make it to No. 1! Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 26 July 2022 And a lot of it is just finishing the damn book on time. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 You and the farmer and his wife and all the pigs and chickens in the entire damn farm have been warned. Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Although during her 2018 campaign Whitmer famously pledged to fix the damn roads, her 2019 proposal to increase the gas tax floundered in the Legislature. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2022 Above all, there was something about seeing a woman of color in her 50s — when so much of Hollywood rewards and celebrates youth — doing the damn thing and owning it all. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 18 June 2022 For Arnold, that looks like training six days a week, doing five sets of 20 reps for every damn exercise. Katie Dupere, Men's Health, 15 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb, Noun, and Adjective or adverb

Middle English dampnen, from Anglo-French dampner, from Latin damnare, from damnum damage, loss, fine

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1619, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective Or Adverb

1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of damn was in the 13th century
BNC: 6565 COCA: 4414

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