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DAMNABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does damnable mean?
• DAMNABLE (adjective)
The adjective DAMNABLE has 1 sense:
1. deserving a curse
Familiarity information: DAMNABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deserving a curse
Synonyms:
damnable; execrable
Context example:
her damnable pride
Similar:
cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Context examples
For my man was a fellow that nobody could have to do with, a really damnable man; and the person that drew the cheque is the very pink of the proprieties, celebrated too, and (what makes it worse) one of your fellows who do what they call good.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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