damnedest
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈdæm.dɪst/
- NSFW
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- And I did my damnedest to help people in need.
- trying their damnedest
- damnedest to make
- damnedest to get
But today, life imitates art, and they did their damnedest to attack both the idea of our democracy and our democracy itself.
- But today, life imitates art, and they did their damnedest to attack both the idea of our democracy and our democracy itself.
Examples
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I'm trying my damnedest to get Beatrice to come up with this divorce thing, okay?
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Then he admitted, "But, yeah, people running tourist facilities will try their damnedest to attract customers, no matter what."
Fiction book (2001) -
Now get out there and do your damnedest!
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I did my damnedest to prove him innocent...
Fiction book (1996) -
Digger and I will do our damnedest to get the money back.
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Naturally, you'll do your damnedest to get at it.
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"I'll try my damnedest," Tyra promised.
Fiction book (2001) -
Grief for the vulnerable little girl alone in that cold, impersonal hospital room, a little girl who was doing her damnedest to put a brave face on everything.
Fiction book (1992) -
Finley Largent's up for re-election, so he'll try his damnedest to get this thing to trial.
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Now get out there and do your damnedest to win the race!
Synonyms
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2.4
A strong attempt someone makes to succeed at something
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4.4
The most effort you can make
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8.6
A great effort to try as hard as possible
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1.0
The greatest effort a person can make
The hardest effort someone can give
Antonyms
Idioms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
damnedest = damned (semi-transparent) = damn + ed + est
Morphologically a superlative of an intensifying adjective, but the nominalized idiom 'do one's damnedest' meaning 'one's greatest effort' is idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Damnedest used as a noun appears in phrases like 'try your damnedest', meaning your 'greatest effort'. Think of it as 'your best' because the strong word damn makes the effort the strongest one you can give.