damn fool
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8.2
- noun
- /dæm fuːl/
- Offensive
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idiota
- He watched the movie The Great Escape and the damn fool tried to jump an ATV over the fence like Steve bloody McQueen.
- make a damn fool
- acted like a damn fool
- look like a damn fool
And he says that damn fool Rash Deckard says he actually doesn't know.
- And he says that damn fool Rash Deckard says he actually doesn't know.
- If you're willing to accept that you are a damn fool.
- And if you think that I couldn't be on somebody team right now, you a damn fool as as a starter, as a starter, as a franchise, as a Super Bowl contender.
Examples
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He's a damn fool.
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Pretty typical of my damn fool self that I didn't think much about it at the time.
Fiction book (1997) -
That boy is a damn fool.
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"I feel like a damn fool," I said.
Fiction book (1994) -
I was a damn fool.
Fiction book (1993) -
The damn fool ended up just leaving the state, getting a job over in Tennessee.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think you're a damn fool.
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Don't be a damn fool, Joe.
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They made damn fools out of us.
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He acted like a damn fool when he decided to jump off the roof.
Synonyms
∞
1.4
A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked
∞
1.2
A person who acts very stupidly, used as an insult
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8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
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9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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9.9
A person who acts silly and does not think carefully
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
A person who acts very foolishly and makes many mistakes
A person who is very foolish and bad at what they do
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A person who behaves carelessly and speaks without thinking
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward combination of 'damn' as an intensifier and 'fool' as a person who acts unwisely, so the overall meaning 'a very foolish person' is directly derivable from the constituents. This intensifier + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal compositional rules (aside from the colloquial/vulgar register of 'damn'), making it comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Damn fool pictures a person who acts so thoughtless or reckless that others feel they should be 'damned', by combining damn and fool. So the noun means 'a person who acts very foolishly'.