Damn definition
Damn is an adjective meaning "used as expletives." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective, a noun, an adverb and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun, adverb, verb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Damn as an adjective
used as expletives
"oh, damn (or goddamn)!"
Same sense: goddamn
expletives used informally as intensifiers
"I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"
Same sense: blame, blessed, goddamn, blamed, damned, blasted, infernal, goddamned
Damn as a noun
something of little value
"his promise is not worth a damn"
Same sense: shit, red cent, darn, hoot, shucks
Damn as an adverb
extremely
Same sense: all-fired, bloody, all-firedly
Damn as a verb
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Same sense: curse, beshrew, imprecate, bedamn, anathemise, maledict, anathemize
Synonyms and antonyms
- goddamn
- blame
- blessed
- blamed
- damned
- blasted
- infernal
- goddamned
- shit
- red cent
- darn
- hoot
- shucks
- all-fired
- bloody
- all-firedly
- curse
- beshrew
- imprecate
- bedamn
- anathemise
- maledict
- anathemize
How to say damn
Damn has 1 syllable and rhymes with am. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with damn
- am
- program
- programme
- exam
- ram
- dam
- jam
- ham
- cam
- lamb
- slam
- goddamn
DAMN in word games
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Anagrams
- 0
Is DAMN a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check DAMN in the word checker, or unscramble DAMN to see the shorter words in its letters.
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