damned
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damned (comparative damneder or more damned, superlative damnedest or most damned)
- Godforsaken.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doomed
- 1982, Iron Maiden (lyrics and music), “Children of the Damned”:
- You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight.
- Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:damned
- Their damned lawyers can go to hell.
- I can't get this damned thing to work.
- Short for I'll be damned.
- Damned if I know. (strong assertion that you do not know)
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god-forsaken
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Adverb edit
damned (comparative more damned, superlative most damned)
Verb edit
damned
- simple past and past participle of damn
Further reading edit
- “damned”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “damned”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.