Meanings
comparative more damnable · superlative most damnable
- Capable of being damned.
- Deserving of damnation; very bad.
That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
1 more example
Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindamnābilis
- Old Frenchdampnable
- Middle Englishdampnable
- Englishdamnable
From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian проклет, осъдителен
- проклет (proklet)capable of being damned
- осъдителен (osăditelen)deserving of damnation
Catalan damnable
- damnabledeserving of damnation
Esperanto damninda
- damnindadeserving of damnation
German verdammenswert, verdammungswürdig
- verdammenswertdeserving of damnation
- verdammungswürdigdeserving of damnation
Swedish fördömlig
- fördömligdeserving of damnation
Cite this entry
damnable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnable
“damnable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “damnable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damnable.
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