damn
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- Reino Unido//ˈdæm//
- Reino Unido/[ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam]/
- Reino Unido//ˈdam//
- Reino Unido/[ˈdam]/
- Escocia//ˈdam//
To condemn.
verbo
- 1
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.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
Lack of access to support services can damn children with disabilities and lesser means to lives where they never harness their full range of abilities.
- 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.
Homosexuality and suicide have some common characteristics. Both are damned by the Western Judeo-Christian culture as sins (although the latter has only been considered such since the sixth century).
- 5
jergaTo curse; put a curse upon.
That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
- 6
arcaicoTo invoke damnation; to curse.
c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn.
Etimología
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
adjetivo
- 1
jergaGeneric intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
Shut the damn door!
Damn freaks!
Damn psychos!
The whole damn building came down!
adverbio
- 1
jergaVery; 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.
interjección
- 1
jergaUsed to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
sustantivo
- 1
jergaThe word "damn" employed as a curse.
He said a few damns and left.
- 2
jergaA small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
The new hires aren't worth a damn.
- 3
jergaThe smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don't give a damn.
Formas
- plural
- damns
- pasado
- damned
- participio
- damned
- gerundio
- damning
- 3.ª persona del singular
- damns