What is the meaning of damned?

noun

  • People who are condemned to eternal punishment.
    • usage: "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned"

verb

adjective

  • 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"
  • In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell.
    • usage: "poor damned souls"

adverb

  • In a damnable manner.
    • usage: "kindly Arthur-so damnably, politely, endlessly persistent"
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APAWordNet. (2010). damned. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/damned/definitions/1171934
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