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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?

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