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Meaning of damned in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /dæmd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    damned

    Definitions

    1. expletives used informally as intensifiers

    Examples

    • « he's a blasted idiot »
    • « it's a blamed shame »
    • « a blame cold winter »
    • « not a blessed dime »
    • « I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing »
    • « he's a damn (or goddam or goddamn »

    Synonyms

    • cursed
    • curst
  2. 2. in danger of the eternal punishment of hell

    Examples

    • « poor damned souls »

    Synonyms

    • lost
  3. Adverb

    damned

    Definitions

    1. in a damnable manner

    Examples

    • « kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent! »
  4. Noun

    damned

    Definitions

    1. people who are condemned to eternal punishment

    Examples

    • « he felt he had visited the realm of the damned »

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