Definition of "damn" in Englisch

verb

1. (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn.

   • The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
   • Only God can damn.
   • I damn you eternally, fiend!

2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

   • I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.

4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

   • 1708 November 8, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.

5. (sometimes vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.

   • That man stole my wallet. Damn him!

6. (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

   • c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn.

adjective

1. (sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

   • Shut the damn door!
   • Damn freaks!
   • Damn psychos!
   • The whole damn building came down!
   • Damn cultists are psychotic.

adverb

1. (sometimes vulgar) Very; extremely.

   • That car was going damn fast!
   • How are you damn quick?
   • You must be so damn rapid.
   • I damn well hope you never come back.

interjection

1. (sometimes vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

noun

1. (sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.

   • He said a few damns and left.

2. (sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

   • The new hires aren't worth a damn.

3. (sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

   • I don't give a damn.