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Synonyms for damn

  • adjective
  • verb
  • noun
  • interjection

Most common

freaking cursed darn darned

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

darn, darned, freaking, cursed, blame, blasted, infernal, blessed, accursed, flipping, reprobate, blamed, goddamn vulgar informal, goddamned vulgar, fucking vulgar, bloody vulgar, damnable vulgar, deuced dated, raasclaat vulgar

Verb

1. Condemn — to condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal

condemn, denounce, vilify, excoriate, demonize, demonise UK, censure, anathematize rare, anathematise UK

2. Curse

curse, anathemise rare, beshrew rare, maledict rare, bedamn vulgar

3. Doom — to condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment

doom, convict

4. Imprecate — to curse; put a curse upon

imprecate rare, execrate rare, comminate rare

Other

point the bone AU, sentence, ban

Noun

1. Hoot — A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot

hoot, bit, shred, trifle, flip, ace, modicum, ounce, jot, particle, whit dated

2. Red cent

red cent US, tinker's damn

Interjection

shucks informal, blast, shit vulgar, fuck vulgar, bugger slang dated

Antonyms

oodles, acquit

All antonyms of damn →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

    Damn cultists are psychotic.

  2. v. 1

    To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

  3. n. 1

    A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

    The new hires aren't worth a damn.

  4. interj. 1

    Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

Related words

Word family
damage dammit damnable damnation damnatory damned damnit
Phrases
tinker's damn damn straight damn well damn you give a damn hot damn a damn sight damn it

Forms

Plural
damns → hoots, bits, shreds, trifles…
Past participle
damned
e.g. damned → condemned, denounced, vilified, excoriated…

Example sentences

  • freaking Michael was completely freaking out at that point.
  • cursed A demon is controlling Tom through a cursed sword.
  • darn Darn it! That is unbearable, it itches everywhere.
  • darned It's too darned hot to do anything today.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
damnrising
freakingrising
cursedrising
darnrising
darnedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bit1, ban1, ace1, jot1
4 letters
shit1, fuck1, flip1, doom1, darn1, whit1, hoot1
5 letters
blame1, blast1, curse1, ounce1, shred1
6 letters
bloody2, blamed1, cursed1, bugger2, trifle2, darned1, shucks1, vilify3, deuced, bedamn
7 letters
fucking2, blessed1, goddamn2, condemn2, convict2, blasted2, censure2, modicum3, beshrew
8 letters
sentence2, freaking2, particle3, flipping2, denounce2, infernal3, accursed2, demonize3, damnable, demonise, execrate, maledict
9 letters
goddamned2, reprobate3, excoriate4, raasclaat, imprecate, comminate
10 letters
anathemise
12 letters
anathematize, anathematise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bloody2 = 2 syllables).