damnexclamation
uk/dæm/us/dæm/also damn it, also dammit, informalB1 an expression of anger:
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- beg
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- bloody
- dare
- dash
- fie
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
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damnadverb
uk/dæm/us/dæm/informalused, especially when you are annoyed, to mean "very":
nothing:
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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damnverb
uk/dæm/us/dæm/damn verb (BLAME)
[ T ] to blame or strongly criticize something or someone:
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- talk trash idiom
- throw
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damn verb (PUNISH)
[ T usually passive ] (especially of God) to force someone to stay in hell and be punished for ever:
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Relgious concepts: Hell
- damnation
- damned
- fire
- fire and brimstone idiom
- Hades
- hell
- hellfire
- infernal
- underworld
used to express anger with someone or something:
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Swearing and blasphemy
- bad language
- blasphemous
- blasphemy
- curse
- cuss
- dirty word
- eff
- expletive
- four-letter word
- imprecation
- oath
- profanity
- strong language
- swear like a trooper idiom
- swear word
- swearing
- the F-word
- trooper
- wash
- wash your mouth out (with soap/soapy water) idiom
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Idiom(s)
damnadjective [ before noun ]
uk/dæm/us/dæm/also damned informalused to express anger with someone or something:
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- beg
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- bloody
- dare
- dash
- fie
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
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