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DAMNED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does damned mean?
• DAMNED (noun)
The noun DAMNED has 1 sense:
1. people who are condemned to eternal punishment
Familiarity information: DAMNED used as a noun is very rare.
• DAMNED (adjective)
The adjective DAMNED has 2 senses:
1. expletives used informally as intensifiers
2. in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
Familiarity information: DAMNED used as an adjective is rare.
• DAMNED (adverb)
The adverb DAMNED has 1 sense:
1. in a damnable manner
Familiarity information: DAMNED used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
People who are condemned to eternal punishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he felt he had visited the realm of the damned
Hypernyms ("damned" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Derivation:
damned (expletives used informally as intensifiers)
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: damndest
/ damnedest Sense 1
Meaning:
Expletives used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms:
blame; blamed; blasted; blessed; damn; damned; darned; deuced; goddam; goddamn; goddamned; infernal
Context example:
an infernal nuisance
Similar:
cursed; curst (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier)
Derivation:
damned (people who are condemned to eternal punishment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
Synonyms:
cursed; damned; doomed; unredeemed; unsaved
Context example:
poor damned souls
Similar:
lost (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed)
Domain category:
Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a damnable manner
Synonyms:
Context example:
kindly Arthur--so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!
Context examples
Colonel of a damned dragoon regiment under the orders of my own younger brother.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It wasn’t like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Well, I'll be damned!" he murmured at last. "The old fellow was afraid of me."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Too damned fat and lazy to stand a four-hour watch.”
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"It proves," he roared, with a sudden blast of fury, "that you are the damnedest imposter in London—a vile, crawling journalist, who has no more science than he has decency in his composition!"
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You can't travel a mile without that, I know, in this damned cold climate.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It's damned tame, whatever it is, comin' in here at feedin' time an' gettin' its whack of fish.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“Mas'r Davy,” exclaimed Ham, in a broken voice, “it ain't no fault of yourn—and I am far from laying of it to you—but his name is Steerforth, and he's a damned villain!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Skiff Miller patted the dog's head, and slowly and solemnly repeated, "Well, I'll be damned!"
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
‘So, you’re one of those damned touts!’ cried the lad. ‘I’ll show you how we serve them in King’s Pyland.’
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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