Definition of damnednext

damned

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adverb

damned

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verb

past tense of damn
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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
  • Enter coconut-milk nails, the internet’s new nickname for a wash of sheer white.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 25 July 2026
  • Unlike traditional nail polish, nail concealer is a sheer, tinted treatment that helps disguise everything from breakage and discoloration to ridging.
    Alexis Berger, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Adverb
  • The reason the rent is too damn high is because Wall Street is counting on it.
    Anisha Steephen, Time, 21 July 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Does this explain why my dad told me we were cursed growing up?
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Humans are cursed to become inured to anything that persists long enough, and even the staggering beauty of a total solar eclipse may begin to fade after, say, an hour.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Netanyahu, however, has neither endorsed or denounced these settlement plans, and they have not been brought before the Israeli cabinet.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The financier Carl Icahn, Ackman’s longtime nemesis and business rival, famously denounced him as a self-righteous crybaby.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • Colin Gray, who was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in March, will be sentenced July 30.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • He was arrested in Lebanon last year and sentenced by a military court to three months’ imprisonment for offenses including incitement to religious and sectarian conflict.
    Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Springboks struggled to reflect their utter domination on the scoreboard and ought to have doubled their seven actual tries by seven different scorers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The problem is Will Ferrell as Lonnie Hawkins, an utter miscalculation of characterization and performance chiefly responsible for turning what could be middling comedy into an unbearable slog.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Adverb
  • French thrives in Quebec, supported by some extremely assertive language legislation, but the threats of secession in the province are a persistent nuisance.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • And considering Spider-Man's signature suit, the crimson liner felt less like an unexpected beauty choice and more like an extremely intentional reference.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The lack of rights owed to victims in canonical trials has been repeatedly condemned by international commissions and inquests into clergy abuse that have found that the church’s procedures retraumatize victims through their secrecy and opacity.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the death of a man during an arrest in Bologna and condemned anti-police protests that turned violent and left dozens of officers injured.
    Reuters, NBC news, 21 July 2026

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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damned. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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