as in sheer
having no exceptions or restrictions
that dilapidated house is a damn eyesore and should be torn down
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as in damned
to a great degree
told her she'd never get married because she was too damn picky
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as in whit
the smallest amount or part imaginable
I don't want to hear about your problems—I just don't give a damn
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as in to curse
to use profane or obscene language at or about
damned the car for once again breaking down
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as in to blame
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council
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as in to sentence
to impose a judicial punishment on
damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of damn
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
Because when healthy, Duke is capable of winning the whole damn thing.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Trump, in other words, has sunk close to post-January 6th territory with the public—not exactly the moment for a speech that leaned hard into the President’s Panglossian conviction that a country with him as its leader must be doing pretty damn great.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Manny Navarro, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The damning revelations shed light on the AI industry’s reliance on overseas labor for data labeling to train their models, a hidden reality glossed over in marketing materials by one of the biggest tech companies in the world.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The black sweater with the white collar and the damn Chanel boots?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
Because when healthy, Duke is capable of winning the whole damn thing.
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
Opponents are finding it too damn easy to get to the bucket and as a result, the offense faces momentous pressure down the stretch of these games because stops and takeaways aren't falling from the sky.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Trump, in other words, has sunk close to post-January 6th territory with the public—not exactly the moment for a speech that leaned hard into the President’s Panglossian conviction that a country with him as its leader must be doing pretty damn great.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
But does anyone worth a damn really want to go to Madison right now?
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
Yet that’s all Redzepi has done since the damning New York Times exposé.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The damning revelations shed light on the AI industry’s reliance on overseas labor for data labeling to train their models, a hidden reality glossed over in marketing materials by one of the biggest tech companies in the world.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damn
Adjective
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If the success of a party is measured by the sheer volume of sequins, few could compete with the Conservative Action Political Conference.—
Sarah Bahari,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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At various crucial points in the journey, the crew expects to lose contact with mission control because of the sheer distance and physics involved with the flight.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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And damned if Love isn’t willing to talk, sometimes candidly and other times in maddeningly vague terms, about all the hell she’s gone through to get to right now.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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They were accused of minor infractions, such as cursing, missing a day of work or bringing a personal cellphone into the administration building.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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According to Detroit legend, the Nain Rouge cursed the city and its founder hundreds of years ago.—
Veronica Ortega,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While viral videos often blame everything from breakouts to dullness on air conditioning alone, Jafari says the reality is less dramatic.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jones blames that impasse for kicking the financial stability of TSA officers like a football.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Following his 2018 conviction, Williams was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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The man whose carjacking attempt led to the fatal shooting of an Orange County woman in 2021 was sentenced to life in prison Monday after nearly two years of procedural delays over his conviction.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The transition from agricultural employment to factory employment involved wrenching mass migration, the utter misery of the Great Depression (as well as other brutal recessions, now faded from collective memory), and the painful dealmaking of the New Deal.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Other than the utter and complete total collapse of the network broadcast business model.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Although winds will be mostly light, between 5 and 10 mph, the dry air combined with very dry vegetation will result in a continuation of elevated fire danger.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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Bartle may have been right, but for some Chiefs fans and stadium developers with billions of public dollars at stake, that state line probably feels very real.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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