Definition of "goddamn" in English

interjection

1. (vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

   • Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: Goddamn!
   • Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: God damn him!

adjective

1. (derogatory) Damned by God.

2. (vulgar, sometimes offensive) Used as an intensifier.

   • Where's the goddamn cartridge?
   • You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!

noun

1. (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.

   • I don't give a goddamn.

2. Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”).