damn
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6.6
- noun
- /dæm/
- NSFW
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mierda
- And frankly, I don't give a damn whether you believe me or not.
- not worth a damn
- give a damn
But this doesn't have one damn thing to do with darkness.
- But this doesn't have one damn thing to do with darkness.
- So I coached him for seven years and I didn't know a damn thing about basketball.
Examples
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I don't give a damn what she did.
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She knows that her excuses don't hold a damn of weight with us.
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Your check is no damn good.
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You haven't earned damn thing in your life.
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But this doesn't have one damn thing to do with darkness.
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I don't give a damn if he hears me or not.
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I had to get used to it, or I wouldn't be worth a damn in Dohnwana.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I said they don't need to send the whole damn battalion after one guy, that's all."
Fiction book (1992) -
Your opinion doesn't mean a damn to me when it comes to this project.
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He realized his old car was worth a damn after years of neglect.
Synonyms
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9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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8.5
Words that are false or useless
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5.5
Something of little or no value
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9.9
A very small or no amount of something
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6.3
A very small amount of money, often meaning nothing at all
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9.9
Something of little or no worth
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7.9
A word people use to say something has very little value
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9.7
A thing that has little or no value
Something of very little or no value
Antonyms
Idioms
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9.4
Give a weak compliment that sounds positive but actually criticizes someone
Compounds
- Slur
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9.9
An insulting name used by southerners for a person from the northern United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Damn as a noun in phrases like 'not worth a damn' comes from Latin damnum meaning 'loss', so it grew to mean something of little value. That is why saying you do not give a 'damn' means you do not care or the thing has little worth.