overdamn

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verb

To damn or criticize excessively.

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Meanings

verboverdamn (third-person singular simple present overdamns, present participle overdamning, simple past and past participle overdamned)

present singular third person overdamns · participle present overdamning · participle past overdamned · past overdamned

  1. transitiveTo damn or criticize excessively.

    […] overdamn a man and he will be praised.

    1930, The New Statesman (volume 34, page 496)
    1 more example

    […] overdamn the Jews and their influence or, timorously, they leave them out altogether.

    1995, Instauration (volumes 21-22, page 9)

Origin

From over- + damn.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ravendom
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“overdamn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdamn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overdamn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overdamn.

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