adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being damned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
damnable
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adj
Meaning 2
Deserving of damnation; very bad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
deserving a curse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her damnable pride
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: execrable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: проклет (proklet) — capable of being damned
- Bulgarian: осъдителен (osǎditelen) — deserving of damnation
- Catalan: damnable — deserving of damnation
- Esperanto: damninda — deserving of damnation
- Georgian: საშინელი (sašineli) — deserving of damnation
- German: verdammenswert — deserving of damnation
- German: verdammungswürdig — deserving of damnation
- Middle English: dampnable — deserving of damnation
- Swedish: fördömlig — deserving of damnation