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damned

adj · adv · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • /dæmd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æmd
  • homophone: dammed
  • CMU ARPABET: D AE1 M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Godforsaken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accursed, fey, ever-damned, reprobate, condemned, cursed, sunk, cussed, damned, dead meat, doomed, done, finished, ill-fated, lost, sentenced, undone, deityforsaken, deuced, goddamned, godforsaken, hellbound, tormented

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Examples

  • Their damned lawyers can go to hell.
  • I can't get this damned thing to work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of I'll be damned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

  • Damned if I know.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

Very.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

Examples

  • What's so damned important about a football game?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

simple past and past participle of damn

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

expletives used informally as intensifiers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
  • a deuced idiot
  • an infernal nuisance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • poor damned souls

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cursed, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved

Antonyms: none provided

8

adverb

Meaning 8

in a damnable manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: damnably, cursedly

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

people who are condemned to eternal punishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he felt he had visited the realm of the damned

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: people

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: verdoem — god-forsaken
  • Afrikaans: verdomp — god-forsaken
  • Bulgarian: прокълнат (prokǎlnat) — god-forsaken
  • Catalan: maleït — god-forsaken
  • Chinese Mandarin: 該死的 /该死的 (gāisǐ de) — god-forsaken
  • Czech: proklatý — god-forsaken
  • Czech: zatracený — god-forsaken
  • Erzya: сюдовт (śudovt) — god-forsaken
  • Finnish: kirottu — god-forsaken
  • French: foutu — god-forsaken
  • French: maudit — god-forsaken
  • French: condamné — god-forsaken
  • French: perdu — god-forsaken
  • Galician: condenado — god-forsaken
  • Galician: maldito — god-forsaken
  • German: verdammt — god-forsaken
  • German: verflucht — god-forsaken
  • Greek: καταραμένος (kataraménos) — god-forsaken
  • Hebrew: ארור (arur) — god-forsaken
  • Hebrew: מקולל (mekulal) — god-forsaken
  • Hungarian: kárhozott — god-forsaken
  • Hungarian: elkárhozott — god-forsaken
  • Indonesian: bedebah — god-forsaken
  • Italian: dannato — god-forsaken
  • Jamaican Creole: bomboclaat — god-forsaken
  • Jamaican Creole: bloodclaat — god-forsaken
  • Jamaican Creole: rassclaat — god-forsaken
  • Japanese: くそいまいましい (kuso-imaimashii) — god-forsaken
  • Japanese: 罰当たり (bachiatari) — god-forsaken
  • Japanese: 忌まわしい (imawashii) — god-forsaken
  • Latin: damnātus — god-forsaken
  • Latin: condemnātus — god-forsaken
  • Luxembourgish: verdäiwelt — god-forsaken
  • Luxembourgish: louder — god-forsaken
  • Macedonian: проклет (proklet) — god-forsaken
  • Polish: przeklęty — god-forsaken
  • Portuguese: condenado — god-forsaken
  • Portuguese: maldito — god-forsaken
  • Portuguese: amaldiçoado — god-forsaken
  • Russian: прокля́тый (prokljátyj) — god-forsaken
  • Russian: трекля́тый (trekljátyj) — god-forsaken
  • Russian: чёртовый (čórtovyj) — god-forsaken
  • Slovak: prekliaty — god-forsaken
  • Slovak: zatratený — god-forsaken
  • Spanish: maldito — god-forsaken
  • Spanish: damnado (desus.) — god-forsaken
  • Spanish: réprobo — god-forsaken
  • Turkish: lanetli — god-forsaken
  • Ukrainian: проклятий (prokljatyj) — god-forsaken
  • Esperanto: damninda — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
  • Hungarian: átkozott — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
  • Hungarian: rohadt — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
  • Hungarian: nyavalyás — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
  • Polish: cholerny — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
  • Polish: pieprzony — variant of profane ''damn,'' used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something
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