noun
- Something of little value.
- usage: "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
- synonyms: darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam
verb
- Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.
- usage: "The bad witch cursed the child"
- synonyms: curse, beshrew, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict
adjective
- Used as expletives.
- usage: "oh, damn (or goddamn)"
- synonyms: goddamn
- Expletives used informally as intensifiers)
- usage: "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "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"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
adverb
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