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goddamned

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Damned by God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ever-damned, hellbound, reprobate, damned, deityforsaken, deuced, goddamned, godforsaken, tormented

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Used as an intensifier expressing anger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, offensive, often

Examples

  • Where's the goddamned cartridge?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gosh darned, 4ucking, accursed, bally, blasted, bleeding, bleeping, blessed, blimming, blinking, bloody, blooming, confounded, consarned, cotton-picking, cowson, cursed, dadburn, dadgum, dagnabbed, damblasted, damn, damnable, damned, dang, danged, darn, darned, dashed, deuced, doggone, dratted, effing, ever-loving, fecking, flaming, flipping, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, fudging, fugging, furshlugginer, jiggered, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, goddarned, godforsaken, goldurn, gormed, goshdarn, goshdarned, hecking, holy, infernal, living, mollyfogging, motherfucking, pissing, plain, precious, raasclaat, ruddy, sniggered, sodding, stinking

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

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, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, infernal

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

extremely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you are goddamn right!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goddam, goddamn

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.