damn

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   very, extremely

   Don't lie to me – you were damn there!

2. 2
   adj

   expletives used informally as intensifiers

   The damn dog just won't shut up!

3. 3
   adj

   used as an expletive

   Oh no, damn!

4. 4
   noun

   a curse, which is often used to refer to something of little value

   Their promises are not worth a damn.

5. 5
   verb

   to wish harm upon

   The malevolent god damned the people.

6. 6
   verb

   To condemn.

   The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.

7. 7
   verb

   To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

   He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.

8. 8
   verb

   To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

   I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.

Etymology

From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).