intj
Meaning 1
Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Oh damnation! The window doesn't shut!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
damnation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /dæmˈneɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: D AE0 M N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: censure, dispraise, reprehension, attainder, attainture, attaintment, blame, condemnation, condemning, damnation, disapprobation, disapproval, improbation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tarnation
Antonyms: salvation
noun
Meaning 4
the act of damning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denunciation, denouncement
noun
Meaning 5
the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eternal damnation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: fire and brimstone
History
Etymology
From Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: проклятие (prokljatie) — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Catalan: damnació — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- German: Verdammnis — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Italian: dannazione — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Macedonian: про́клетство (prókletstvo) — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Plautdietsch: Vedaumniss — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Polish: potępienie — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Spanish: maldito — The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation
- Armenian: անեծք (aneckʻ) — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Armenian: նզովք (nzovkʻ) — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Armenian: դատապարտում (datapartum) — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Bulgarian: вечни мъки (večni mǎki) — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Catalan: damnació — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Dutch: vervloeking — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Esperanto: damno — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Finnish: kadotus — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- French: damnation — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- German: Verdammnis — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Greek: κολασμός (kolasmós) — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Italian: dannazione — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Middle English: dampnacioun — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Plautdietsch: Vedaumniss — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
- Spanish: damnación — Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself
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