- 1damn somebody/something (informal) (offensive) used when swearing at someone or something to show that you are angry Damn you! I'm not going to let you bully me. Damn this machine! Why won't it work?
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- 2damn somebody (of God) to decide that someone must suffer in hell
- 3damn somebody/something to criticize someone or something very strongly The film was damned by the critics for its mindless violence. Idioms
damn
verbNAmE//dæm//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they damn he / she / it damns
past simple damned
-ing form damning
used to say that you are going to do something even though you know it may be expensive, have bad results, etc. Let's celebrate and damn the expense!
to praise someone or something only a little, in order to show that you do not really like them/it
used to show that you are very surprised about something
used to show that you refuse to do something or do not know something I'm damned if I'll apologize! I'm damned if I know who he is.
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