Damn vs. Gosh
Damn and Gosh Definitions
Damn
To condemn to everlasting punishment or another terrible fate in the afterlife; doom
"the ancient belief that souls of the deceased who had been damned for certain sins could rise from their graves and wander the countryside between dusk and dawn" (Rudy Chelminski).
Gosh
Used to express mild surprise or delight.
Damn
To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine
Was damned to live out his life in poverty.
Gosh
(minced oath) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
Gosh, I didn’t realize I’d cause so much trouble!
Gosh, I’d love to go to that concert!
Damn
To bring about the failure of; ruin
Insufficient funding damned the project.
Damn
To denounce or criticize severely
A movie that was damned by the critics.
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Damn
To swear at; curse.
Damn
To swear; curse.
Damn
Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
Damn
The saying of "damn" as a curse.
Damn
(Informal) The least valuable bit; a jot
Not worth a damn.
Damn
Damned.
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Damn
To condemn to hell.
The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
Only God can damn.
I damn you eternally, fiend!
Damn
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
Damn
To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
Damn
To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
Damn
(profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
Damn
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
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Damn
Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
Shut the damn door!
Damn
Very; extremely.
That car was going damn fast!
Damn
Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
Damn
The word "damn" employed as a curse.
He said a few damns and left.
Damn
A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
The new hires aren't worth a damn.
Damn
The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don't give a damn.
Damn
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
Damn
To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.
Damn
To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,And without sneering teach the rest to sneer.
Damn
To invoke damnation; to curse.
Damn
Something of little value;
His promise is not worth a damn
Not worth one red cent
Not worth shucks
Damn
Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
The bad witch cursed the child
Damn
Used as expletives;
Oh, damn (or goddamn)!
Damn
Expletives used informally as intensifiers;
He's a blasted idiot
It's a blamed shame
A blame cold winter
Not a blessed dime
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
He's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
A deuced idiot
Tired or his everlasting whimpering
An infernal nuisance
Damn
Extremely;
You are bloody right
Why are you so all-fired aggressive?
