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Webster 1913 Edition

Damn

(dăm)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Damned

(dămd or dăm′nĕd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Damning

(dăm′ĭng or dăm′nĭng)

[OE.

damnen

dampnen (with excrescent p), OF.

damner

dampner

, F.

damner

, fr. L.

damnare

damnatum

, to condemn, fr.

damnum

damage, a fine, penalty. Cf.

Condemn

Damage

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.

He shall not live; look, with a spot I

damn

him.

Shakespeare

(Theol.)

To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

You are not so arrant a critic as to

damn

them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.

Pope.

Damn

with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer.

Pope.

☞ Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.

Damn

Verb.

To invoke damnation; to curse.

“While I inwardly damn.”

Goldsmith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Damn

DAMN

, v.t.

To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell.

To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to censure; to reprobate.

He that doubteth is damned if he eat. Rom xiv

To condemn; to explode; to decide to be bad, mean, or displeasing, be hissing or any mark of disapprobation; as, to damn a play, or a mean author.

A word used in profaneness; a term of execration.

Definition 2024

damn

English

Verb

damn ‎(third-person singular simple present damns, present participle damning, simple past and past participle damned)

(theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to ****.

The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.

Only God can damn'. — I damn you eternally, fiend!
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
- Shakespeare
  He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
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.
To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
- Alexander Pope
  You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.
(vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.
That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
- Goldsmith:
  […] while I inwardly damn.

Conjugation

Conjugation of damn

infinitive	(to) damn
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	damn	damned
2nd person singular	damn, damnest¹
3rd person singular	damns, damneth¹
plural	damn

subjunctive	damn

imperative	damn	—

participles	damning	damned
¹⁾ Archaic or obsolete.

Related terms

Translations

theology: to condemn to ****

Armenian: անիծել (hy) ‎(anicel)
Bulgarian: проклинам (bg) ‎(proklinam)
Catalan: maleir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: trad. 該死, simpl. 该死 (gāisǐ)
Czech: zatratit
Danish: fordømt
Esperanto: damni
Finnish: tuomita (fi) (kadotukseen)
German: verdammen
Ido: damnar (io)

Italian: dannare
Japanese: 地獄に落とす ‎(じごくにおとす, jigoku ni otosu)
Lithuanian: prakeikti
Macedonian: проколнува ‎(prokólnuva)
Polish: przekląć
Portuguese: amaldiçoar (pt), danar (pt)
Russian: проклина́ть (ru) impf ‎(proklinátʹ), прокля́сть (ru) pf ‎(prokljástʹ)
Spanish: maldecir (es), condenar (es)
Swedish: förbanna (sv), fördöma (sv)

to put out of favor

Bulgarian: осъждам (bg) ‎(osǎždam), порицавам (bg) ‎(poricavam)

Finnish: tuomita (fi)

to condemn as unfit etc.

Esperanto: damni
Finnish: tuomita (fi)
French: damner (fr), réprouver (fr)

Italian: condannare (it)
Spanish: condenar (es), reprobar (es)

to put a curse upon

Bulgarian: кълна (bg) ‎(kǎlna), проклинам (bg) ‎(proklinam)
Cantonese: 死
Catalan: maleir (ca)
Estonian: needma
Finnish: kirota (fi)

Italian: maledire (it)
Mandarin: 該死的
Portuguese: amaldiçoar (pt)
Spanish: maldecir (es)
Swedish: förbanna (sv)
Turkish: lanetlemek (tr)

Adjective

damn ‎(not comparable)

(vulgar) Generic intensifier. ****; bloody.
Shut the damn door!

Synonyms

see also Wikisaurus:damned

Translations

generic intensifier

Cantonese: 死, 鬼
Catalan: maleït (ca)
Finnish: kirottu (fi), samperin, saamarin, pahuksen
French: foutu (fr)
Dutch:
German: verdammt (de)
Hungarian: átkozott (hu)
Indonesian: berengsek (id), sialan (id), bedebah (id), keparat (id)
Italian: maledetto (it) m, fottuto (it) m
Japanese: 糞 (ja) ‎(くそ, kuso)

Lithuanian: prakeiktas m, prakeikta f
Macedonian: проклет m ‎(próklet)
Polish: cholerny (pl) m
Portuguese: maldito (pt), merda de, porra de
Spanish: maldito (es), puto (es)
Swedish: förbannad (sv), sabla (sv), djävla (sv), fördömd
Turkish: kahrolasıca

Adverb

damn ‎(not comparable)

(vulgar) Very, extremely.
That car was going damn fast!

Translations

awfully, extremely

Bulgarian: ужасно (bg) ‎(užasno)
Catalan: malaïdament
Danish: pokkers, hulens, forbandet
Finnish: pahuksen, samperin, saamarin, jumalattoman
German: schrecklich (de), verdammt (de)
Hungarian: átkozottul (hu)

Italian: maledettamente (it), dannatamente, fottutamente
Japanese: 糞 (ja) ‎(くそ, kuso)
Macedonian: проклето ‎(prókleto)
Polish: cholernie (pl)
Portuguese: pra caralho (pt)
Spanish: malditamente (es)
Swedish: förbannat (sv), djävligt (sv)

Interjection

damn

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

Derived terms

dayum (slang, emphatic form)
darn
dizamn (slang, emphatic form)

Synonyms

see also Wikisaurus:dammit'

Translations

non-vulgar expression of contempt etc.

Arabic: اَللُّعْنَة f ‎(al-luʿna)
Armenian:
Cantonese: 頂
Catalan: cagondena
Chinese:
Mandarin: 糟糕 (zh) ‎(zāogāo), 該死 (zh), 该死 (zh) ‎(gāisǐ), 你妹! ‎(ni3-mei4)
Danish: pokkers, sørens, hulens
Esperanto: damne
Finnish: pahus (fi), hitto (fi), samperi (fi), saamari (fi)
French: mince (fr)
Georgian: ჯანდაბა ‎(ǯandaba)
German: verdammt (de), Mist (de)
Hungarian: a fenébe (hu), a francba, a fene egye meg
Indonesian: sialan (id), kampret (id), brengsek (id)
Italian: accidenti (it), dannazione (it), cribbio (it), cavolo (it), mannaggia (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)}しまった! ‎(shimatta) ! 糞 , ^{(please verify)}くそ ‎(kuso) (lit. ****), ^{(please verify)}畜生！ (ja) ‎(ちくしょう！, chikushō!) , ^{(please verify)}チェ！ ‎(che) !

Khmer: ឈឺក្បាលវិលមុខ ‎(cʰɨɨ kbaal vɨl muk)
Korean: 망할 ‎(mang-hal) (damn it!)
Lithuanian: velnias m
Macedonian: по ѓаволите ‎(po ǵavólite), проклетство ‎(prókletstvo)
Malay: hampas
Maori: āhahā, aeha
Mongolian:
Persian: لعنتی (fa) ‎(la'nati)
Polish: cholera (pl)!, do diabła!, psiakrew (pl)!
Portuguese: porcaria (pt), maldição (pt), droga (pt), poça (pt)
Russian: чёрт (ru) ‎(čort) (devil), чёрт побери́ (ru) ‎(čort poberí), прокля́тие (ru) n ‎(prokljátije), блин (ru) ‎(blin)
Serbo-Croatian: Kvragu (lit. to the devil)
Spanish: maldición (es), maldita sea, diablos (es)
Swedish: fan (sv)
Thai:
Turkish:
Vietnamese:

Noun

damn ‎(plural damns)

The use of "damn" as a curse.
said a few damns and left
(vulgar) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
The new hires aren't worth a damn.
(vulgar) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don’t give a damn.

Translations

use of damn as a swear word

Albanian: mallkoj (sq)
Arabic: اَللُّعْنَة ‎(al-luʿna)
Belarusian: праклён ‎(práklon)
Bulgarian: проклятие (bg) n ‎(prokljatie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 糟糕 (zh) ‎(zāogāo), 該死 (zh), 该死 (zh) ‎(gāisǐ), 哎呀 (zh) ‎(āiyā), 咳 (zh) ‎(hāi)
Czech: sakra
Finnish: hitto (fi)
French: merde (fr), putain (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)}verdammt (de), (so ein) Mist!, ^{(please verify)}Scheiße! (de)

Hindi: कोसना (hi) ‎(kōsanā)
Italian: maledizione (it) f
Japanese: ^{(please verify)}しまった ‎(shimatta), ^{(please verify)}糞 (ja), ^{(please verify)}くそ ‎(kuso) (lit. ****), ^{(please verify)}最低の ‎(saitei-no)
Lithuanian: prakeikimas m
Portuguese: porcaria (pt) f, maldição (pt) f
Romanian: (profane) la naiba!
Russian: (devil) чёрт (ru) ‎(čort), чёрт побери́ (ru) ‎(čort poberí), прокля́тие (ru) n ‎(prokljátije), чёрт возьми́ (ru) ‎(čort vozʹmí)
Spanish: maldito (es)

a small, negligible quantity, being of little value

Italian: accidente (it) f

Swedish: jota (sv) n, dugg (sv) n

the smallest amount of concern or consideration

Italian: (un) tubo (it) m

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