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damned
[ damd ]
adjective
- condemned or doomed, especially to eternal punishment:
the wailing of damned souls.
- detestable; loathsome:
Get that damned dog out of here!
- complete; absolute; utter:
a damned nuisance; a damned fool.
- Informal. extraordinary; amazing:
It was the damnedest thing I'd ever seen.
noun
- the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
adverb
- extremely; very; absolutely:
a damned good singer; too damned lazy.
damned
/ æ /
adjective
- condemned to hell
- ( as noun )
the damned
adverb
- (intensifier)
I should damned well think so!
a damned liar
a damned good try
- used to indicate amazement, disavowal, or refusal (in such phrases as I'll be damned and damned if I care )
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- damned well, Informal. certainly or without doubt; emphatically: Also damn well.
You damned well better say you're sorry!
Example Sentences
He would instead do his damnedest to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency as a functional workplace, while “walking away from virtually every important climate policy on the books.”
He scored 29 points in the fourth quarter, a post-season record that still stands despite future Warriors like Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant trying their damnedest to knock it down.
But really, Reijn is doing her damnedest to get a moral rise out of us.
Then again, as you noted, “The Eras Tour” is doing its damnedest to give movie theaters a badly needed shot of adrenaline.
I do my damnedest to play the part.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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