goddamn
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom God + damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).
Pronunciation
edit- (interjection) IPA(key): /ˌɡɒdˈdæm/
- (intensifier) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒd.dæm/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - (interjection) Rhymes: -æm
Interjection
editgoddamn
- (vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.
- Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
Person B: Goddamn! - Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning.
Person B: God damn him!
Synonyms
edit- godsdamn (polytheistic)
Descendants
editTranslations
editan expression of anger, surprise, or frustration
See also
edit- God love (someone or something) (antonymous force; likewise interjectory although not quite a full-fledged interjection by all tests formally defining parts of speech)
Adjective
editgoddamn (not comparable)
- (derogatory) Damned by God.
- (vulgar, sometimes offensive) Used as an intensifier.
- Where's the goddamn cartridge?
- You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!
- 2019 July 26, Charles P. Pierce, “Congress Should Not Go on Vacation for Six Goddamn Weeks”, in Esquire[1]:
- I know this may seem a bit out of the box, but isn't this a particularly lousy time in history for the Congress to go on vacation for six goddamn weeks.
Synonyms
editSynonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:damned
Translations
editintensifier
Noun
editgoddamn (plural goddamns)
- (vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.
- I don't give a goddamn.
- Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”)
- 2009, Shane K. Bernard, The Cajuns: Americanization of a People, page 72:
- The goddamns (British soldiers) are coming / To steal your children. / Awaken! Awaken! / Acadian men / To save our heritage.
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