HyperDic: damn

English > 5 senses of the word *damn*:
ADJECTIVE	all	damn, goddamn	used as expletives
ADJECTIVE	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

damn > pronunciation
Sounds	dae'm
Rhymes	Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem...

English > *damn*: 5 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Used as expletives.
Example	"oh, damn (or goddamn)!"
Synonym	goddamn
Broader	cursed, curst	deserving a curse

English > *damn*: 5 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	expletives used informally as intensifiers.
Examples	"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"
Synonyms	blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
Broader	cursed, curst	deserving a curse
Spanish	maldito, puto
Catalan	maleït

English > *damn*: 5 senses > noun 1, attribute
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

English > *damn*: 5 senses > adverb 1
Meaning	Extremely.
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

English > *damn*: 5 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
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
Nouns	damnation	the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

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