bedamn

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /bɪˈdæm/ UK /bɪˈdæm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to damn or curse (archaic intensive)

He would bedamn the weather every time it rained on market day.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to damn or curse (archaic... damn curse execrateanathematizecondemn

Opposites

bless

Word family

Derived forms bedamned

Related forms damn

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + damn. Damn comes from Old French damner, from Latin damnare ('to condemn, inflict loss upon'), from damnum ('damage, loss').

be- Old English damnare Latin

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# bedamn

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈdæm/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈdæm/

## Meanings
1. to damn or curse (archaic intensive)

## Examples
- He would bedamn the weather every time it rained on market day.

## Synonyms
- damn
- curse
- execrate
- anathematize
- condemn

## Antonyms
- bless

## Derived Forms
- bedamned

## Related Forms
- damn

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: damnare

## Etymology
From the intensive prefix be- + damn. Damn comes from Old French damner, from Latin damnare ('to condemn, inflict loss upon'), from damnum ('damage, loss').

## AI Etymology
bedamn comes from the intensive prefix be- + damn. Damn comes from Old French damner, from Latin damnare ('to condemn, inflict loss upon'), from damnum ('damage, loss'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the verb sense is "to damn or curse (archaic intensive)", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as damn and derivatives such as bedamned, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English be-, Latin damnare, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

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