🔥 Very, extremely 😠 Anger or surprise 💸 No value 🚫 To condemn ⚡ To curse

to damn

207 7.6

To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power

verb
/dæm/

Offensive

: maldecir

Why don't you give this new Constantine title a chance before damning it to perdition?

Damn you, Anderson Cooper, damn you to hell.

Examples

How could you, Ingrid? How could you damn your soul to hell?

Fiction book (1996)
God damn you to hell.

Deadfall (2012)
Damn you, Anderson Cooper, damn you to hell.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Extreme views such as this pastor has are damning America and dividing us even further.

Blog text (22)
I can't believe you would damn your own family for money.
If you continue to damn your enemies with curses, you'll only bring misfortune upon yourself.
She whispered a spell to damn the one who betrayed her trust.

Synonyms

to curse

vsto damn

244 4.8

To wish harm on someone using magic

is framed specifically as invoking a higher power to cause harm

to jinx

vsto damn

Informal

36 7.5

To cause bad luck for someone or something by saying something

intends actual harm by invoking higher powers rather than mere bad luck

damning

vsto damn

3 7.5

Saying someone will go to hell because of their sins

is an active wish for misfortune using supernatural appeal

to beshrew

vsto damn

Archaic

1 9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone

is the modern form of wishing harm by supernatural appeal

to imprecate

vsto damn

Offensive

9.9

To wish bad things to happen to someone, often by saying a curse

wishes harm by calling on supernatural power to bring misfortune

to maledict

vsto damn

Archaic

9.9

To wish harm or bad luck on someone

focuses specifically on asking supernatural power to cause misfortune

to bedamn

vsto damn

Offensive

9.9

To wish harm or a curse on someone

is the same wishing of harm but defined by invoking power

to anathemize

vsto damn

Formal

9.9

To say in public that someone or something is evil and should be avoided

is a personal wish for misfortune rather than a formal declaration

Antonyms

to bless

453 1.8

To give someone good luck and happiness

Idioms

damn right

NSFW

54 8.5

Say this to show you strongly agree with something

damn straight

NSFW

15 9.9

To say yes very strongly, often in informal speech

damn fool

Offensive

10 9.2

An angry phrase used to call someone stupid

to damn with faint praise

NSFW

3 9.4

Give a weak compliment that sounds positive but actually criticizes someone

a damn sight better

NSFW

2 8.8

A lot better than someone or something else

to damn the torpedoes

NSFW

1 9.9

To go ahead despite danger and warnings

a damn sight more

NSFW

1 9.1

A lot more said in an informal, rude way to show a strong difference

damn Yankee

Slur

1 9.9

A rude exclamation showing anger at someone from the northern United States

near as damn it

NSFW

1 9.4

Almost exactly right

damn right proud

NSFW

8.8

Feeling very proud and happy about what you did

Phrasal Verbs

to give a damn

NSFW

172 8.8

To not care at all about someone or something

Compounds

damn fool

Offensive

17 8.2

A person who acts very stupidly or recklessly

damn fool

Offensive

2 7.8

Very stupid and acting without care

tinker's damn

NSFW

2 9.9

Something of little or no worth

damn Yankee

Slur

1 9.9

An insulting name used by southerners for a person from the northern United States

damn Yankee

Offensive

9.6

A rude name for a fan of the New York Yankees baseball team

faint damn

9.6

A small criticism that sounds like praise

How Strong

to execrate

Formal

1 9.9

to damn

Offensive

207 7.6

to curse

244 4.8

Surface Forms

damn infinitive

damned past

damned past participle

damning present participle

damns third person singular

Etymology

Damn as a verb meaning to wish harm comes from Latin damnare and damnum, which mean 'to condemn' and 'loss'. In old stories to damn someone was to call down punishment, so today to damn someone still means to wish them misfortune.