damnable

adjective

dam·​na·​ble ˈdam-nə-bəl 

1

: liable to or deserving condemnation

2

: very bad : detestable

damnable weather

damnableness noun

damnably

ˈdam-nə-blē 

adverb

Synonyms

• freaking
• cursed
• terrible
• awful
• infernal
• blasted
• accursed
• rotten

Examples of damnable in a Sentence

this damnable couch is falling apart

Recent Examples on the Web

Our Sunday Hot Button Top 10 notes column brings you what’s on our minds, locally and nationally but from a Miami perspective and accentuating stuff that’s big, weird, damnable, funny or otherwise worth needling as the sports week just past pivots to the week ahead. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025

Our Sunday Hot Button Top 10 notes column brings you what’s on our minds, locally and nationally but from a Miami perspective and accentuating stuff that’s big, weird, damnable, funny or otherwise worth needling, as the sports week just past pivots to the week ahead. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025

Drawing the line isn’t easy, and the damnable thing is that standards change from generation to generation. —Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025

Drawing the line isn’t easy, and the damnable thing is that standards change from generation to generation. —Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for damnable

• able
• chaebol
• fable
• label
• sable
• stabile
• stable
• table
• allocable
• educable
• integrable
• purchasable

Kids Definition

damnable

adjective

dam·​na·​ble ˈdam-nə-bəl 

1

: deserving condemnation

damnable conduct

2

: very bad : terrible

damnable weather

damnably

-blē 

adverb