What is the meaning of damn?

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noun

verb

adjective

  • Used as expletives.
    • usage: "oh, damn (or 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

  • Extremely.
    • usage: "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive"
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APAWordNet. (2010). damn. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/damn/definitions/1171931
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