damned

comparative damneder · comparative damnder · comparative more damned · superlative damnedest · superlative damndest · superlative most damned

1. Godforsaken.

   You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight.

   1982, Iron Maiden, “Children of the Damned”

   Synonyms: accursed, fey, ever-damned, reprobate, accursed, condemned, cursed, star-crossed

2. alternativeVariant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.

   Their damned lawyers can go to hell.

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   I can't get this damned thing to work.

   He became furious when developers tore them down to build newer and bigger ones. “It’s like a damned theme park!” he rages. “What happened to the frickin’ sin?”

   2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 37

3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of I'll be damned.

   Damned if I know.

comparative more damned · superlative most damned

1. vulgarVery.

   What's so damned important about a football game?

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   […] Jacques Cartier found the new country quite exciting, gleefully naming it Canada, from the Eskimo word canuck, which I’m told means, “I’m damned sick of all this snow and that polar bear tried to eat me.”

   2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 49

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of damn