# damn

Pronunciation: say "DAM" /dæm/

## Adverb

1. Very or extremely, used to add force to an adjective or adverb.
   - Simple: Very, used to make a word sound stronger.
   - _That exam was damn hard, and half the class ran out of time._
   - _You know damn well that I never touched your phone._

## Interjection

2. Used as an exclamation to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, surprise, or a similar strong feeling.
   - Simple: A word people say when they feel angry, annoyed, let down, or surprised.
   - _Damn, I missed the last train by two minutes._
   - _Oh, damn, the printer's jammed again._

## Adjective

3. Used before a noun as a general intensifier, to add emotional force.
   - Simple: A word, sometimes rude, put before a noun to make what you say sound stronger.
   - _I've told you three times to turn off the damn TV._
   - _Every damn time I wash the car, it rains._

## Noun

4. The smallest amount of concern or value, used in negative statements such as not give a damn or not worth a damn.
   - Simple: Even a tiny bit of care or value, used in phrases like don't give a damn.
   - _The landlord never gave a damn about the leaking pipes._
   - _If they gave a damn about their customers, they would answer the phone._
9. An utterance of the word damn as a curse.
   - Simple: The word damn, said out loud as a curse.
   - _Grandpa let out a damn when the hammer hit his thumb._
   - _The coach's halftime speech was full of damns and hells._

## Verb

5. To condemn someone or something as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral, or illegal.
   - Simple: To say that something is bad, wrong, useless, or against the law.
   - _The new law was damned by civil rights groups as unconstitutional._
   - _Older critics damn the novel as immoral, but younger readers love it._
6. To show someone to be guilty or bad, or to ruin them or doom them to a bad fate.
   - Simple: To make someone look guilty or bad, or to ruin their chances or future.
   - _Poor schools can damn whole neighborhoods to a cycle of low wages._
   - _The fingerprint on the glass damned him more surely than any witness could._
7. In theology, to condemn someone, especially to eternal punishment after death.
   - Simple: In religion, to judge a person as guilty and give them a punishment, especially one that lasts forever.
   - _The sermon warned that greed would damn the soul as surely as murder._
   - _In his theology, God judges but does not damn; punishment is something people choose for themselves._
8. To curse someone or something, wishing harm on them, or to swear and utter curses.
   - Simple: To curse someone or something, or to swear angrily.
   - _Damn these stairs; they get steeper every year._
   - _He damned the day he ever signed that contract._

## Origin

Latin damnum ("loss") gave damnāre ("to condemn, inflict loss upon"), which became Old French damner and then Middle English dampnen.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/damn (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).