| ADJECTIVE | all | damn, goddamn | used as expletives |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | damn, blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | expletives used informally as intensifiers | |
| VERB | communication | damn, curse, beshrew, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon |
| NOUN | attribute | damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam | something of little value |
| ADVERB | all | damn, bloody, all-fired, all-firedly | extremely |
| Sounds | dae'm | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | Used as expletives. | |
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| Example | "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" | |
| Synonym | goddamn | |
| Broader | cursed, curst | deserving a curse |
| Meaning | expletives used informally as intensifiers. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal | |
| Broader | cursed, curst | deserving a curse |
| Spanish | maldito, puto | |
| Catalan | maleït | |
| Meaning | Something of little value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "his promise is not worth a damn" | |
| Synonyms | darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam | |
| Broader | worthlessness, ineptitude | Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful |
| Catalan | rave | |
| Meaning | Extremely. | |
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| Synonyms | bloody, all-fired, all-firedly | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Catalan | malaïdament | |
| Meaning | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | curse, beshrew, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | |
| Broader | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
| Opposite | bless | Give a benediction to |
| Spanish | maldecir, maldición | |
| Catalan | maleir | |
| Adjectives | damnatory | threatening with damnation |
| Nouns | damnation | the act of damning |
| damnation | the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell | |
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