damnable
adjective/ˈdæmnəbl/
/ˈdæmnəbl/
(old-fashioned)- bad or annoyingWord OriginMiddle English originally referring to someone worthy of damnation: from Old French dam(p)nable, from Latin dam(p)nabilis, from dam(p)nare ‘inflict loss on’, from damnum ‘loss, damage’.
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