damnedestadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈdæm.dɪst/us/ˈdæm.dɪst/mainly US informalvery surprising or unusual:
Well that's the damnedest excuse I've ever heard!
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Unique and unusual
- accidental
- alt-
- alternative
- alternative lifestyle
- be marked out as sth idiom
- be one in a million idiom
- extraordinary
- guerrilla
- incongruous
- inimitable
- irreplaceable
- larger than life idiom
- personalize
- rarity
- refreshing
- remarkable
- remarkably
- signally
- singular
- singularly
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damnedestnoun
uk/ˈdæm.dɪst/us/ˈdæm.dɪst/informaldo your damnedest
to try very hard:
I don't know if I'll succeed, but I'll do my damnedest.
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Trying and making an effort
- a blitz on sth idiom
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- crack
- go to great lengths idiom
- God helps those who help themselves idiom
- grasp at sth
- grope
- grope for sth
- push
- shoot
- stick
- stretch a/the point idiom
- strive
- strove
- succeed
- suck
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