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[ UK /dˈæm/ ]
[ UK /dˈæm/ ]
NOUN
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something of little value
his promise is not worth a damn
not worth one red cent
not worth shucks
VERB
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wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
The bad witch cursed the child
ADVERB
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extremely
Why are you so all-fired aggressive?
you are bloody right
ADJECTIVE
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expletives used informally as intensifiers
not a blessed dime
it's a blamed shame
he's a blasted idiot
he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
a deuced idiot
an infernal nuisance
a blame cold winter
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing -
used as expletives
oh, damn (or goddamn)!
How To Use damn In A Sentence
- A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.
- The Girl relucted a little, upon which he gave her 3 Guineas, and wished he might be damned if he did not have her in 3 months. John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756
- So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
- The repairs will cost us £1000, as near as damn it.
- I feel unwanted feel like leaving spreading lies can't help but feel lonelily you've damned me to hell once twice and again you're supposed to be my parents not just another person that hates me dead - alive Godhatesu Diary Entry
- Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
- So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. The Haters of Roissy 3 : Bad Obsession
- How anyone could have read some sinister intent into those views is indeed puzzling, and illustrates well how those damned Jewshow certain hypersensitive and overly privileged people who feel superior to the rest of the world are willing to cut their own throats for short term advantage by using unjustified charges of anti-semitism to point out how they take advantage of their position in any nation or institution who trusts them so as to benefit their own in group at the expense of that nation or institution. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Catholics and Jews?
- Finally she says to me: You could at least clean that damn thing every once in a while.
- Oh, damn the lousy tribe of them!" cried he, beating his palm upon the table; "what's Long Davie the dempster thinking of to be letting such folk come scorning here? Doom Castle