Definition of damnednext

damned

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adverb

damned

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verb

past tense of damn
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of damned
Adjective
And, limitations be damned, so does the rest of Kaufman’s subsequent GBC work. Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026 O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine. Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Adverb
To take just one example from many hundreds, consider this conical, solid brass paperweight from minimalist Swedish firm Les Few, which will weigh down your expense reports and look damned good doing it. Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025 This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good. Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Verb
In relation to superstars, officials can be damned either way. Graham Scott, New York Times, 19 June 2026 He was subsequently hailed by many northern abolitionists as a martyr and damned by many southerners as an insurrectionist intent on destroying the institution of slavery. Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for damned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damned
Adjective
  • The divisive trend first crossed my desk when Jennifer Lawrence stepped out in Paloma Wool’s sheer sarong-style version of the piece last summer, pairing the flowy garment with a cool oversized T-shirt and strappy sling-backs.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 July 2026
  • Perfumers often create this effect with notes like white musk, skin musk, aldehydes, watery florals, sheer woods, and delicate citrus, which together can evoke a cozy sense of self-care.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 11 July 2026
Adverb
  • Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Williams is too young to be this damn good.
    Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The pseudonymous title character, a depressed, drunken, belligerent twenty-six-year-old advice columnist, has no real hardships of his own and is cursed by doubt.
    Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
  • Unlike Tithonus, cursed to age forever, electoral rules can and should be renewed.
    Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Obama had no patience for Americans who denounced their country for being irredeemably flawed.
    Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Relations further splintered in the fallout of the Iran war—a military operation Sánchez has repeatedly denounced.
    Tiago Ventura, Time, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Kohberger later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Oyler has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Adjective
  • Questioning, if not rejecting, established Christian doctrine, Ahab also comes to regard Moby Dick as the outward and visible sign, the physical embodiment of the indifference or, worse, utter malignity inherent in the universe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • But the nation’s summer has been an utter slog, lacking the identity and joy on the pitch that spectators have come to expect.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Adverb
  • The team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Commentators from around the world condemned the decision and said any US success from then on would be tainted.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the Paraguayan president had written to him to express support and condemned the remarks.
    Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026

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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damned. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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