单词 | damn |
释义 | damnn. 1. The utterance of the word ‘damn’ as a profane imprecation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [noun] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damna1625 dammit1894 dang1906 a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 Rack a maids tender eares, with dam's and divels? 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 180 What! he no hear you swear, curse, speak the great Damn. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete. Damns have had their day. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxix. 295 How many damns and cursses have you given me, along with my wages? 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice This Son of Vulcan (new ed.) i. xii That [oath] once discharged, he relapsed..into numerous commonplace damns. 2. Used vaguely (in unconventional speech) in phrases not worth a damn, not to care a damn, not to give a damn. (Cf. curse n. 2 ¶.) ΚΠ 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 198 Not that I care three dams what figure I may cut. 1817 Ld. Byron Diary in Wks. (1846) 423/1 A wrong..system, not worth a damn. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Aug. (1941) 89 Boring some one who did not care a damn about the matter, so to speak. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Life & Lett. (1883) II. 257 How they settle the matter I care not, as the Duke [of Wellington] says, one twopenny damn. 1895 J. L. Williams Princeton Stories 165 I don't give a damn for the girl. 1929 Eugenics Rev. July 86/2 See the happy moron, He doesn't give a damn. I wish I were a moron. My God! Perhaps I am! 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xviii. 263 I don't give a single, solitary damn. 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free i. 13 It was obvious, as one angry young woman remarked, that he didn't give a damn—and so they were enraged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2019). damnadj.adv. colloquial. This word for long had taboo status and was considered vulgar or profane, esp. in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which is reflected in the regularity with which dashes, etc., were formerly used to represent the word in print. In most contexts the word’s taboo status has now been largely or entirely lost. A. adj. As an intensifier: absolute, downright, utter. Formerly sometimes in a negative sense: awful, terrible. More recently also as a mere filler, with little or no intensifying force (although generally implying some element of dislike, frustration, etc., on the part of the speaker). Cf. damned adj. 4.Cf. damfool n. and adj., damn all n. and adj., goddam int., n.1, adj., and adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 31 I in the mean while will prepare All things for your Reception here, And by a Damn Schism will Make way for all the Heresies in Hell. 1776 in Narragansett Hist. Reg. (1883) Apr. 304 You damn old Tory Raskel. 1865 in T. P. Lowry Story Soldiers wouldn't Tell (1994) 41 Callin him ‘a damn big mouth son of a bitch’. 1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 218 ‘But he isn't bad, really bad.’ ‘No, certainly not; merely a damn fool.’ 1903 E. Pargeter Rough Magic i. 4 ‘Damn disgrace!’ said Roger, unworthily wanting to hurt and goad her. 1966 C. Mackenzie Paper Lives viii. 116 These dam new towns with which the Accommodation people are infesting the countryside. 2009 Sunday Times 21 June 15/1 It was a bestseller, published in 24 languages—and it didn't do a damn thing to slow down global warming. B. adv. 1. As an intensifier modifying an adjective or adverb: absolutely, completely, utterly. More recently also as a mere filler, with little or no intensifying force (although generally implying some element of dislike, frustration, etc., on the part of the speaker). Cf. damned adv.damn well: see well adv. and n.4 Phrases 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] > as everyday imprecation wickedlya1375 terrible1490 cursedly1570 plaguilya1586 damnably1598 cursefully1606 damnedly1607 lousily1611 damnablea1616 execrably1633 excrementitiously1638 infernally1638 mangilya1640 putidly1654 infamously1695 consumedly1707 damned1757 damnationly1762 shockingly1768 damn1787 deucedly1819 peskily1833 pesky1833 beastly1853 dashedly1888 stinkingly1906 rasted1919 effing1945 1788 Minor II. iii. 16 Don't beef and butter go off damn soberly? 1852 Littell's Living Age 7 Aug. 230/2 ‘How did I know but he'd stag aginst me?’..‘Damn well you knew he would not’. 1882 in T. M. Healy Lett. & Leaders (1928) I. 150 T. P. quoted my answer as ‘I'm damn glad’. 1918 W. J. Locke Rough Road xviii It's all dam funny! 1945 C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength ix. 228 You're in a dam dangerous position already. 1970 N. Marsh When in Rome 89 I call it a damn poor show. Leaving us high and dry. 2021 Star (Sheffield) (Nexis) 14 Apr. Some of that spirit of conquest needs to rub off. And pretty damn quickly. 2. Inserted between components of a collocation or phrase which are not normally separated, and (sometimes for comic effect) into a word. Cf. bloody adv. 2b, fucking adj. 2b. ΚΠ 1867 J. W. De Forest Miss Ravenel's Conversion xxi. 295 He is, by Jove! a dam incur-dam-able darn coward. 1963 J. O. Killens And then we heard Thunder viii. 89 I'm sitting there a colored buck-ass private in the rear-damn-ranks..impersonating a first-damn-sergeant—and this white mother-hunching M-damn-P putting me on guard over a cracker buck sergeant. 1981 W. P. Fox Dixiana Moon iv. 42 Hot damn! Fantastic Bo! Fan-dam-tastic! 2001 S. King Dreamcatcher 21 I went back to my car..and my son-of-a-damn-bitch keys were gone! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). damnv.α. Middle English dame, Middle English damni (south-eastern), Middle English damp (past participle, in a late copy), Middle English dampe, Middle English–1500s dampne, Middle English–1600s damme, Middle English–1600s damne, late Middle English dapned (past participle, transmission error), 1500s–1600s dam, 1500s– damn, 1600s dambd (past participle); Scottish pre-1700 dam, pre-1700 dampne, pre-1700 dampt, pre-1700 1700s damp, pre-1700 1700s– damn, 1900s– dom. β. Middle English dempne, 1600s demm, 1600s demn. a. transitive. To condemn (a person, nation, etc.) to a penalty or fate, esp. as a punishment for a crime. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > give up or expose to punishment damnc1320 betraya1616 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2041 (MED) Hi dampnede him to deþe. a1400 (?a1325) Medit. on Supper of our Lord (Harl.) (1875) l. 556 Pylat..dampnede hys lorde to dye on þe croys. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 374 And so she was dampned by the assente of the barownes to be brente. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccclxxxij/2 ij thousand peple cristen, whiche had been longe there dampned [L. damnatorum; Fr. condemnés] for to hewe the marble. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Tresilian xvii I poore Tresilyan..was dampned to the galowes. b. transitive. To pronounce (a person) guilty; to condemn (a person) judicially; to pass sentence against, convict. Cf. condemn v. 1, 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] fordeemc1000 attain1330 filec1330 condemna1340 shape1340 dem1377 convictc1380 reprovea1382 damnc1384 overtakea1393 attainta1400 taintc1400 commita1425 vanquish1502 convincea1535 cast1536 convanquish1540 deprehend1598 forejudge1603 do1819 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1413 (MED) Pilatus hadde oure lord ydampned. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13756 I damp þe not quar-so þou far, But go nu forth and sin na mar. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) cxlii. 189 Ye hadde maade hym to be dampned and destroyed withoute cause. 1560 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1560/8/3 As we do not raschely dampne that quhilk godlie men..have proponit unto ws. 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. viii. 132 He is dead and demned in point of Law. 2. Theology. a. transitive. Of a person, action, behaviour, etc.: to cause or be responsible for the damnation or eternal punishment of (a person). Frequently reflexive. Also occasionally intransitive. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 115 He is manslaȝte and him-zelue damneþ ase zayþ þe wrytinge. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 93 Riȝt so goddes body, bretheren, but it be worthily taken, Dampneth vs atte daye of dome. a1450 York Plays (1885) 502 Þe dedis þat vs schall dame be-dene. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. iii. sig. J.vi The iustice of god and theyr owne desertes dampne vnto euerlastyng death. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xvi. 330 Some..make it their onely comfort, that their enemies will damn themselves by it. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Luke i. 66 'Tis..the Contempt and Neglect of the Sacraments that damns. 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) III. xv. 235 You have the power to damn yourself. 1930 J. E. Ross Truths to live By 239 It is not God who damns a soul to hell.., so much as the soul which damns itself. 2004 Times 23 Oct. (Mag.) 48/2 There is only one crime in Arab culture that a young woman could commit that would forever damn her soul—adultery. b. (a) transitive. Of God: to condemn (a person) to damnation or eternal punishment after death; to consign (a person) to hell. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > cause reprobation [verb (transitive)] to fordo into or toc950 fordeemc1000 damnc1325 to destroy into or toc1380 reprobatec1451 condemn1489 pretermit1608 Tartarize1675 Tartarus1856 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxxvi. 35 Our Lord..ne shal nouȝt dampne [L. damnabit] him. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 252 Seint Jon hedde gret pite þat such a child schulde dampned be. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) li. 74 He wolde pray god for hym that he myght knowe whether she was dampned or saued. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlv. 151 Haue pyte of your owne soule, the whiche shal be dampnyd in hell. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. ii. §101 You damne all to the fire, and to Hell, that any way differ from you. a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 155 He..Sends few to heaven: Damns the most to hell, By Divelish Arts and Witcheries out draws More than three thousand that espouse his Cause. 1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xxiii. 270 He had rather be damned with Plato than saved with those who anathematised him. 1966 H. Rondet in E. J. Fortman Theol. of Man & Grace ix. 231/2 The terrible God who damns whom He will, but who saves those who consent to abandon themselves to His infinite mercy. 2016 Stud. Amer. Indian Lit. 28 64 White Americans insisted that people either were saved by coming to accept Christ as their personal savior or were damned to Hell. (b) intransitive. Of God: to condemn a person to eternal punishment or damnation; to consign a person to hell. ΚΠ 1631 tr. R. Smith Conf. of Catholike & Protestante Doctr. i. xxiii. 85 (side note) God damneth for sinne. 1826 tr. P. H. T. Holbach Good Sense 152 A God, who damns eternally, is the most odious of beings that the human mind can invent. 1888 G. Barlow Pageant of Life ii. xiii. 108 The Christian says, ‘God loves and saves’: Truer to say, ‘God damns and hates, And closes on the poor heaven's gates.’ 1986 J. Sheetz First & Second Thessalonians i. 14 The doctrine of election is often represented as the choice of a God who damns or saves according to His own whim with no regard for justice. 2006 M. Fox New Reformation iii. 37 The wrath of a Punitive God who damns to a punitive afterlife. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > do harm [verb (intransitive)] > be harmed to get, have, take scathe1303 suffer1609 damn1620 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > suffer reprobation [verb (intransitive)] losec888 leesec1175 perishc1275 to go to supper with the devil1529 damn1620 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D2 Stinke, rot, damne, bake in thy cluttered bloud. 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts ii. i. sig. D1v So he serue My purposes, let him hang, or damne, I care not. 1671 S. Slater Treat. Growth in Grace xiii. 216 Let them damn and perish, let them reap the fruit of their own evil doings. 3. a. transitive. To pronounce (a thing, practice, etc.) to be bad, unfit, inadequate, invalid, etc.; to condemn (a person or thing), esp. by public expression of disapproval. Now tending to merge with sense 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ix. l. 55 What þenn? dampne we þe olde? 1483 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 105 Damnyng and utterly distroying all the stamps and Irons. ?1531 G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne sig. L.iiiiv There are nowe so many blinde curatis that knowe not this souerayne remedye for sinful and vnquiet consciencis, but rather damne it for heresie and persecute it. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 40 A Councell, in which Image-worshippe was damned. 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. vii. 266 We should [not] totally damn a man's character for a few faults. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 9 An assembly..gathered together for the express purpose of damning modern civilization. 1940 Electr. World 10 May 71 It will be the fault of industry if the public damns the institution but accepts the product. 2016 Building (Nexis) 18 July The House of Lords has damned government housing policy, branding both its 200,000 homes a year target and its efforts to meet it as inadequate. b. transitive. spec. to denounce (an author or literary work, esp. a play) as a failure; to condemn (a literary work) as bad, esp. by publicly expressed disapproval. ΚΠ ?a1556 Grey Friars Chron. anno 1458 in R. Howlett Monumenta Franciscana (1882) II. 175 And also there [i.e. at Paul's Cross]..ware many bokes of eryses of hys makynge, that cost moche gooddes, damnyd and brent be-fore hys face. 1617 N. B. in J. Vicars tr. F. Herring Mischeefes Mysterie sig. A3v Though Romish shauelings rage with execrations, And downe-right damne thee and thy causeles book, Feare not. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant A vij The Book must be damn'd for the Clownishness of the Author. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. xi. 88 A new Play, at which two large Parties met, the one to damn, and the other to applaud. 1860 J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt I. xx. 309 The ordeal of facing the authorship of a play that has been damned. 1924 Isis 6 88 Instead of accepting the title and damning the book, I prefer to do the contrary. 2004 Financial Times 18 Dec. w3 The play was damned by older, conservative critics, he says, but applauded enthusiastically by their younger, lefty counterparts. c. transitive. To condemn (a person, place, etc.) to something considered bad or unpleasant. Chiefly with to. ΚΠ 1606 R. Parsons Answere 5th Pt. Rep. Cooke vii. 167 Whosoeuer shall goe about to infringe, or inuade, or diminishe, or vndoe any of these priuiledges, we damne him to euerlasting malediction, togeather with the traytor Iudas. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xlviii. 266/1 Let the Edict be dambd to eternall silence. 1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 274 See Cromwell, damn'd to everlasting Fame. 1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker I. xiii. 140 I will take it as a separate case, and damn the county in the fees. 1926 Catholic Educ. Assoc. Bull. Nov. 645 In telling a boy he cannot meet the standards of the preparatory seminary you are not damning him to a future life of invincible ignorance. 2005 Plan B Mag. Apr.–May 61/3 We felt bad that we were damning him to a six-hour drive with a hangover the next day. 4. transitive. To bring condemnation upon (a person or thing); to cause the downfall or ruin of (someone or something); to cause (a person or thing) to be regarded as something unacceptable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE for-waryc1175 cursec1200 bana1275 beshrewc1325 shrew1338 maledighta1400 destinyc1400 damn1477 detest1533 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 execrate1612 imprecate1613 maledict1780 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > bring condemnation upon damn1477 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (1868) l. 1745 Youre owene mouth, by youre confession Hath dampned yow. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 34v The wikked werkes dampne and distroye the good. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. D.iiiv The iudge is condemned, when the gyltie is acquit. The iudge that acquyteth the offendour, damneth him selfe of iniquitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 74 Hence vile Instrument, Thou shalt not damne my hand. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Young Love of Fame iii, in Wks. (1757) I. 101 Who borrow much..And damn it with improvements of their own. 1848 Ld. G. Bentinck in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 165 The Budget has damned the Whig Government in the country. 1966 Daily Mail 23 Feb. 6/5 I realise that to some this damns me as an irrational sentimentalist. 2011 D. Nemec Major League Baseball Profiles I. 304/2 Faatz's imprudence and lack of tact damned his chances of ever working again in the majors. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. vi. D Howbeit this cite, & all that is therin, shalbe damned vnto the Lorde..Onely bewarre of it that is damned, lest ye damne youre selues (yf ye take ought of it which is damned). 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. xi. B He..smote all the soules that were therin wt the edge of the swerde, and damned it..& damned Hasor with fyre. 6. transitive. In oaths and imprecations (chiefly in optative with no subject expressed): expressing annoyance, hatred, condemnation, etc.In the 19th cent., frequently written with dashes to represent suppressed letters.Recorded earliest in damn it (all). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damn1589 damnationa1616 damme1645 darn1781 darned1808 by darn1840 doggone1857 dammit1894 hot damn1929 bollocks1940 dammit1956 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B2v Hang a spawne? drowne it; alls one, damne it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 11 The diuell damne thee blacke, thou cream-fac'd Loone. View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 13. ⁋1 Call the Chairmen: Damn 'em, I warrant they are at the Ale-house already! 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 275 Then take broad-swords, and be d——d to you. 1836 C. Dickens Let. 20 Sept. (1965) I. 175 I will see them d——d before I make any further alteration. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 280 I was just passing the time of day with old Troy..and be damned but a bloody sweep came along and he near drove his gear into my eye. 2006 K. Rose You Can't Hide (2007) ii. 34 Philip, damn him to hell, was a lousy two-timing weasel. 7. transitive and intransitive. To curse or swear at (a person) using the word ‘damn’. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] waryc725 accurselOE forcurse1154 cursec1175 for-waryc1175 bana1275 ashend1297 to bid (something) misadventurec1330 shrew1338 beshrew1377 maledighta1400 to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400 defyc1430 destinya1450 condemn1489 detest1533 adjure1539 beshrompa1549 widdle1552 becurse1570 malison1588 consecrate1589 exaugurate1600 execrate1612 imprecate1616 blasta1634 damna1640 vote1644 to swear at ——1680 devote1749 maledict1780 comminate1801 bless1814 peste1824 cuss1863 bedamn1875 mugger1951 1608 F. Davison et al. Poet. Rapsodie (new ed.) 43 Thou a whore hunting knaue, she a knowne Punck. Both of you filch, both sweare, and damne, and lie. a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) i. b. 55 If you haue travelld Italie and brought home Some remnants of the language and can..Protest and sweare and dam. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. vii. 135 Insulted by a row-boat, which damned him, and spoke of the whole crew in the most opprobrious terms. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 343 It was remembered but too well how the dragoons had stalked into the peasant's cottage, cursing and damning him, themselves, and each other at every second word. 1902 A. C. Meyers Eight Years in Cocaine Hell 68 When brought into the court I..was..kicking the detectives, swearing and damning them. 1971 D. Pendleton Executioner: Assault on Soho xviii. 176 Boho swore and damned and raged at himself. Phrases P1. damn it (all): expressing anger, frustration, or impetuousness. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. B2v Hang a spawne? drowne it; alls one, damne it. 1677 Debauchee i. i. 3 Damn it, I'll ne're fall so low to do the drugery of any Old Lady. 1798 G. Duncan Constant Lovers 39 How much did I say? Damn it all! Old Messmate, it does not signify bothering ourselves with counting. 1847 Morning Post 15 Mar. 6/1 Damn it all, let them go. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxvii. 276 D—— it, I love you: I'm your old father. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y iii. iv. 274 Damn it all, although that looks as if it means something, it doesn't mean anything at all! 1932 Z. Fitzgerald Save me Waltz in Coll. Writings (1991) 137 ‘Damn it’, said Alabama viciously to herself. 2012 Times 31 July 21 Look, I'm not saying it's easy, but damn it man, you've got to say something. You can't just pretend it isn't there. P2. damn and blast and variants.Not now in North American use. a. As a verb phrase. (a) To curse (a person or thing) using the phrase ‘damn and blast’. ΚΠ 1671 E. Settle Cambyses sig. A ivv You no more Mercy to Young writers show, You damn and blast 'em e're they've time to grow. 1807 M. L. Weems God's Revenge against Murder (ed. 2) 28 He went out, damning and blasting, into the yard, where he stalk'd about with the eyes of a raging Tyger. 1891 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 22 May 4/4 They would spice their funny stories with profanity; they would damn and blast things with perfect unconcern. 1908 Manch. Guardian 22 July 5/1 This is better fun than..making Prime Ministers ‘damn and blast’. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet (2010) i. 13 I watch her now running a comb through her hair, softly damning and blasting the knots. 2007 A. Doré Great North Road 593 Howard pulled Violet too fast across slippery rocks, damning and blasting the foul weather. (b) In imprecations: expressing condemnation of, or anger or frustration towards (a person or thing). ΚΠ 1777 ‘Nauticus’ Chapters x. 53 Damn and blast all cowards! 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 25 Sept. They shouted against O'Connell and Repeal, repeatedly cried out ‘Damn and blast the scoundrel’. 1983 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 20/4 Reith..grabbed his trouser-tops and yelled ‘Damn and blast the thing... I'm afraid I've burst my braces’. 2014 J. Bishop Refuse to Forget 58 The infernal coward! I'll have him whipped and flung onto the streets, into a cell for this! Damn and blast the man! b. As an interjection, expressing anger, frustration, or impetuousness. ΚΠ 1932 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 7 June (6th ed.) 9/4 ‘Damn and blast,’ said Stretton. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iv. 102 Whoever went in couldn't have been on the stage. So, damn and blast, it's got to be Ann Foulds, John Buller or Naomi Hughes. 2011 C. K. Carr India Black & Widow of Windsor i. 26 ‘Damn and blast!’ I was cross. 2022 @cyndinmifox 11 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Feb. 2022) Damn and blast! What do you use for itchy stuff like bites and such? We used to use calamine lotion, back in the last century. P3. I'll be damned and variants. a. An expression of denial or refusal. Chiefly with if. ΚΠ 1677 A. Behn Town-fopp v. 52 I, who keep my self entirely for you, can get nothing but the Fragments of your Debauches—I'll be damn'd before I'll endure it. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. viii. 63 I'll be d——n'd if ever I cross the back of a horse again. 1837 Berks. Chron. 5 Aug. I'll be damned if I'll be kicked out by an intruder. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1968) i. 25 She always had sort of had a soft spot for him. Damned if he knew why. 1979 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood v. 86 She was damned if she was going to let Lionel sleep on one of those narrow beds with her. 2021 Dominion Post (Morgantown, W. Va.) (Nexis) 23 Sept. I'll be damned if we're going to stop trying to get people vaccinated. b. An expression of surprise; frequently used to intensify a previous statement. Cf. well, I'll be damned at well adv. and n.4 Phrases 6a. ΚΠ 1796 S. Cullen Castle of Inchvally I. 152 ‘I'll be damned then,’ said Captain M—, bouncing out of bed, and putting on his clothes, ‘but some one has tricked you!’ 1894 F. M. Crawford Katharine Lauderdale (new ed.) II. 287 Never knew you to refuse to drink before. I'll be damned, you know! 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) v. 175 Those things never happen to me. So you peddled candies in the Café Royal? I'll be damned. 2014 W. Kremer Too Good to be True xvi. 203 I'll be damned. It's Like. What are you doing here? P4. to damn with faint praise and variants: to praise so half-heartedly or disingenuously as to imply condemnation, criticism, or disapproval; to praise a minor feature of something in such a way as to imply condemnation of it as a whole. ΚΠ 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer Prol. And, with faint Praises, one another Damn. 1723 A. Pope in J. Markland Cythereia xii. 91 Damn with faint Praise, assent with civil Leer, And, without Sneering, teach the rest to Sneer. 1821 E. Quillinan Retort Courteous 23 Critics have oft assail'd my careless verse, Or damn'd it with faint praise, that direst curse. 1885 Longman's Mag. Dec. 151 Could I not damn with faint praise and stab with sharp insinuendo? 1930 Economica 29 204 It is invidious to damn with faint praise; but useful as the book may very well prove on occasion, one can hardly call it great or first-rate. 2005 Morning Star (Nexis) 31 Jan. 2 [He] suggests that employers now have less incentive to oppose unions because their impact on productivity and profits is so modest, which is to damn the unions with faint praise. P5. damn my (also your, our, etc.) eyes and variants. a. As an interjection, expressing anger, frustration, or surprise. ΚΠ 1735 Select Trials Old-Bailey II. 139/2 Clear the way, says he, for damn my Eyes, the first Man that offers to lay Hands on me, I'll shoot him thro' the Head. 1850 J. D. Lewins Diary 20 Sept. People cutting rushes & Ponas grumbling for kost. All he gets from me won't choke him, damn his eyes. 1906 ‘Q’ Mayor of Troy xi. 151 D——n your eyes, it's twins—and both girls! 1952 Cornhill Mag. July 126 Why, damn our eyes do we all spend our lives delighting in the wisdom of paradox—yet hesitate to apply the risks to ourselves? 2001 ‘J. Higgins’ Edge of Danger (2015) vii. 106 Well, damn my eyes... Get some champagne over here, girl. It's a special occasion. b. As an adjectival phrase (as a modifier, usually with hyphens). That expresses or is characterized by a desire to demonstrate defiance or indifference; confrontational, provocative. ΚΠ 1811 A. Graydon Mem. 281 They [sc. hats] have precisely, what we called in England, the damn my eyes cock. 1895 E. S. Nadal Notes Professional Exile 109 The ‘damn-your-eyes’ manner in which the officers hissed their orders sidewise to the common sailors. 1970 Economist 22 Aug. 32/3 The damn-your-eyes edge to his temperament which could lose him many of the votes his policies could win. 2015 Economist 25 Apr. 29/2 If UKIP is an unworthy recipient of that sparkle..Bagehot cannot help but be guiltily impressed by the damn-your-eyes spirit fuelling it. P6. damn you: as an interjection, expressing anger or frustration. ΚΠ 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love ii. i. 31 Oh, Demm you Toad—I wish you don't perswade her out of her Innocency. 1750 E. Kimber Life & Adventures Joe Thompson xii. 108 Damn you, d'ye chatter, you Dog. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xiii. 498 You shall be a catholic, damn you, or I'll pinch off the flesh from your bones. 1886 App. Jrnl. House of Representatives Ohio 82 157 You get away from here, damn you, or I will knock the shit out of you. 1948 L. A. G. Strong Trevannion xvi. 297 Damn you, Walter. You do get under a man's skin. 2014 Times 12 Apr. 22/4 So turn off your stupid phone, throw away this bilge of mine and pick up something with a spine, damn you! P7. damned if you do and damned if you don’t and variants: used to describe a situation where no matter what one does, one is likely to attract criticism or disapproval, or (more generally) the outcome will be bad. ΚΠ 1838 Burlington (Vermont) Sentinel 19 Mar. The following is a synopsis..of the different opinions of the federalists in relation to the course of the present administration: 'You can and you can't..You will and you won't, You'll be damned if you do, And you'll be damned if you don't'. 1911 Crockery & Glass Jrnl. 13 Apr. 14 Few subjects are of such importance to business men..as the matter of extending credit. Some seem to think that ‘you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't.’ 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Aug. 51/2 One may have some sympathy with those at the top, for they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. 2021 Northern Echo (Nexis) 28 Oct. Hopefully, we'll be able to..move players around, but at the same time, you want to be able to keep that consistency. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't in terms of team selection at times. P8. damned if I know and variants: used to express ignorance of or confusion about a fact, subject, situation, etc., that one has just been asked about or presented with.Cf. damfino int. ΚΠ 1853 J. Wynne Tricks of Time in Three Orig. Plays iv. i. 87 Slang. (to Sir Peter, slapping him on the back.) Well! old boy, and how is the rheumatic gout?... Sir Peter... I'll be damned if I know—never had such an antiquated disease in my life! 1944 C. G. Norris Flint 90 ‘What do you propose?’ ‘Well, damned if I know. I just got to wait..until can I save something.’ 2021 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 4 June The movie, for some inexplicable reason, has three endings. So why is this movie so complicated? Damned if I know. P9. damn the torpedoes: used to express disregard for the danger or consequences of an action, or to refer to a bold or reckless action or attitude.With reference to the words Admiral David Farragut, the commander of a Unionist fleet, is reputed to have used to instruct his men to hold their course, despite coming under heavy fire, at the Battle of Mobile Bay (1864) during the American Civil War. Farragut's apparently rash decision ultimately resulted in victory for the Union forces. ΚΠ 1904 Boston Post 9 Dec. 6/3 Be sure you're right, then damn the torpedoes. 1963 J. Philips Dead can't Love v. 210 When he saw something he wanted he went after it, and damn the torpedoes. 1988 Port Arthur (Texas) News 22 June (Sports section) 1/1 That damn-the-torpedoes, full-speed-ahead approach has served him well on the golf course. 2019 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 11 We have no answer to the fundamental challenge of the age—global warming—beyond..damn-the-torpedoes consumption of fossil fuels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). damnint. colloquial.This word long had taboo status and was considered vulgar or profane. See note at damn adj. and adv. Expressing anger, despair, frustration, pain, etc. Now also used in positive contexts to express approval, excitement, or surprise. Cf. goddam int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > damn damn1589 damnationa1616 damme1645 darn1781 darned1808 by darn1840 doggone1857 dammit1894 hot damn1929 bollocks1940 dammit1956 1775 P. M. Freneau Voy. to Boston 11 How could the skies refuse the pious man, When half the pray'r was blood! and death! and damn! 1808 M. G. Lewis Romantic Tales III. 79 She continued to repeat—‘Damn, damn, damn, damn,’—without being able to bring out another syllable. 1892 H. B. F. Knight Girl with Temper I. i. 20 ‘Damn!’ shouted Sir Arthur, in a sudden fit, half of rage, half of pain. 1944 J. Gunther D Day vi. 80 Oh bugger, wish I had known that. Damn. 2014 F. Michaels Eyes Only (2015) viii. 135 Damn, girl, it's so good to see you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.a1625adj.adv.a1708v.a1325int.1775 |
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