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damned

[damd] adjective, superlative damned⋅est, damnd⋅est, noun, adverb
–adjective
1. condemned or doomed, esp. to eternal punishment: the wailing of damned souls.
2. detestable; loathsome: Get that damned dog out of here!
3. complete; absolute; utter: a damned nuisance; a damned fool.
4. Informal. extraordinary; amazing: It was the damnedest thing I'd ever seen.
–noun
5. the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
–adverb
6. extremely; very; absolutely: a damned good singer; too damned lazy.
7. damned well, Informal. certainly or without doubt; emphatically: You damned well better say you're sorry! Also, damn well.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME dam(p)ned. See damn, -ed 2

damn

[dam]
–verb (used with object)
1. to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
2. to condemn as a failure: to damn a play.
3. to bring condemnation upon; ruin.
4. to doom to eternal punishment or condemn to hell.
5. to swear at or curse, using the word “damn”: Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
–verb (used without object)
6. to use the word “damn”; swear.
–interjection
7. (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)
–noun
8. the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
9. something of negligible value: not worth a damn.
–adjective
10. damned (defs. 2, 3).
–adverb
11. damned.
12. damn well, Informal. damned (def. 7).
13. damn with faint praise, to praise so moderately as, in effect, to condemn: The critic damned the opera with faint praise when he termed the production adequate.
14. give a damn, Informal. to care; be concerned; consider as important: You shouldn't give a damn about their opinions. Also, give a darn.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME dam(p)nen < OF dam(p)ner < L damnāre to condemn, deriv. of damnum damage, fine, harm


damner, noun


2. berate, censure, denounce, disparage, blast.
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damn   (dām)   
v.   damned, damn·ing, damns

v.   tr.
  1. To pronounce an adverse judgment upon. See Synonyms at condemn.

  2. To bring about the failure of; ruin.

  3. To condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral: a cleric who damned gambling and strong drink.

  4. To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; doom.

  5. To swear at.

v.   intr.
To swear; curse.
interj.  Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
n.  
  1. The saying of "damn" as a curse.

  2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn.

adv.   & adj.
Damned.

[Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damnāre, to condemn, inflict loss upon, from damnum, loss.]
damn'ing·ly adv.
damned   (dāmd)   
adj.   damned·er (dām'dər), damned·est (dām'dĭst)
  1. Condemned, especially to eternal punishment.

  2. Informal Deserving condemnation; detestable: this damned weather.

  3. Used as an intensive: a damned fool.

adv.   damneder, damnedest
Used as an intensive: a damned poor excuse.
n.  Souls doomed to eternal punishment.
There are many regional variants, mostly euphemisms, for damned, both as an oath and as a mild intensive. Southern exclamations and intensives tend to begin with dad-, a euphemism for "god"—hence dadblamed, dadblasted, dadburn, and dadgum. Dadgum can be combined with it in the interjection dadgummit. Another such euphemism is the better-known doggone, probably originally Southern but now widespread. Like dadgum, doggone is used as a mild intensive: "The best doggone deals in Alabama" (billboard in Montgomery). Doggone likewise appears in phrasal interjections: Doggonit, I dropped my hammer. A common Southern and South Midland variant of damned is durn, also euphemistic and relatively mild, as in this snatch of Baltimore dialogue: "If that's not just the weirdest durn thing I ever laid eyes on" (Anne Tyler).
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