damn
To condemn.
Verb 4 meanings
To condemn.
“The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.”
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
“I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.”
To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
Etymology
From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
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DAMN at a glance
DAMN has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + A 1 + M 3 + N 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #808 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with damn
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