damn

damn

verb

Definition of DAMN

1

to use profane or obscene language at or about <damned the car for once again breaking down>

Synonyms curse

Related Words imprecate, maledict; criticize, reprove; admonish, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach; blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate

Near Antonyms bless, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, magnify, praise; acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, salute

2

to declare to be morally wrong or evil <a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council>

Synonyms anathematize, censure, damn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate

Related Words attack, blame, blast, criticize, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage; doom, sentence; convict; blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; castigate, chastise, rebuke, reprimand, reproach; admonish, chide, reprove; berate, lambaste (or lambast), rake, scold, upbraid, vituperate; curse, imprecate; abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revile

Near Antonyms approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; eulogize, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, laud, praise; acclaim, applaud, commend, hail, salute, tout; consecrate, hallow, sanctify; honor, revere, venerate

Antonyms bless

3

to impose a judicial punishment on <damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole>

Synonyms condemn, damn, doom

Related Words adjudge, judge; castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, penalize, punish; conclude, decide, decree, determine, find, opine, resolve, rule

Near Antonyms pardon, reprieve