damned Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun people who are condemned to eternal punishment
   
   • he felt he had visited the realm of the damned
2. verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
   
   • The bad witch cursed the child
3. adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
   darned; goddamned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; infernal; damn; deuced; blasted.
   
   • he's a blasted idiot
   • it's a blamed shame
   • a blame cold winter
   • not a blessed dime
   • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
   • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
   • a deuced idiot
   • an infernal nuisance
4. adjective satellite in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
   cursed; unredeemed; doomed; unsaved.
   
   • poor damned souls
5. adverb in a damnable manner
   cursedly; damnably.
   
   • kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!

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