I'll be damned

interjection

An expression of surprise.

“I'll be damned if I'm having a thief like him stay in my house.”

Similar
I'll be hangedI'll be § Related termswow
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Meanings

interjection
  1. idiomaticsometimesvulgarAn expression of surprise.
  2. idiomaticsometimesvulgarA vehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen.

    I'll be damned if I'm having a thief like him stay in my house.

    1 more example

    My mechanisms / Of defense are down / And my resistance / Is out on the town / I was alarmed by your attack / This isn't a boxing match / But I'll be damned if I ever let you win

    2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka

    Synonyms: I'll be hanged, I'll be § Related terms, wow

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionA vehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen.

Similar
I'll be hangedI'll be § Related termswow
Also see
hang mei'll be darnedi'll be hangedrot mewow

Translations

Czech to mě podrž, to mě poser
  • to mě podržexpression of surprise
  • to mě poserexpression of surprise
  • ať se propadnuvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
Dutch heb je ooit, asjemenou
  • heb je ooitexpression of surprise
  • asjemenouexpression of surprise
Finnish jopas jotakin, ei missään nimessä
  • jopas jotakinexpression of surprise
  • ei missään nimessävehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
French que je sois pendu, que je sois maudit
  • que je sois penduvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • que je sois mauditvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • Dieu me damnevehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
German ich fass' es nicht
  • ich fass' es nichtexpression of surprise
Hungarian nincs az az isten, hogy, akármi legyek, ha
  • nincs az az isten, hogyvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • akármi legyek, havehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • istenuccsevehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
Korean 어머, 어머나
  • 어머 (eomeo)expression of surprise
  • 어머나 (eomeona)expression of surprise
Polish masz babo placek, niech mnie diabli
  • masz babo placekexpression of surprise
  • niech mnie diablivehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
Romanian să mor eu, să fiu al naibii
  • să mor euexpression of surprise
  • să fiu al naibiiexpression of surprise
  • să-mi bag piciorulexpression of surprise
  • să-mi bag pulaexpression of surprise
  • să mor euvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • să fiu al naibiivehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • să-mi bag piciorulvehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
  • să-mi bag pulavehement asseveration that one will not permit some specified thing to happen
Vietnamese á đù
  • á đùexpression of surprise
Cite this entry
APA

I'll be damned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20damned

MLA

“I'll be damned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20damned. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I'll be damned,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20damned.

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