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damn

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Synonyms and Antonyms of damn

1 to use profane or obscene language at or about
  • damned the car for once again breaking down
Synonyms of damn

curse
Words Related to damn

imprecate, maledict

criticize, reprove

admonish, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach

blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate
Near Antonyms of damn

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 of damn

censure, condemn, decry, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate
Words Related to damn

attack, blame, blast, criticize, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, slam

belittle, deprecate, disparage

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 of damn

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 of damn

bless
3 to impose a judicial punishment on
  • damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Synonyms of damn

condemn, doom, sentence
Words Related to damn

adjudge, judge

castigate, censure, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, penalize, punish

conclude, decide, decree, determine, find, opine, resolve, rule
Near Antonyms of damn

pardon, reprieve

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