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damned

adjective adverb noun

Expletives used informally as intensifiers

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
D
Ends with
D
Contains
AM
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

dæmd

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. Expletives used informally as intensifiers

    “He's a blasted idiot”

adjective

  1. In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

    “Poor damned souls”

adverb

  1. In a damnable manner

    “Kindly Arthur — so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!”

noun

  1. People who are condemned to eternal punishment

    “He felt he had visited the realm of the damned”

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Example Sentences

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
Poor damned souls
Kindly Arthur — so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent!
He felt he had visited the realm of the damned

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