damnan uttered curse; to doom to hell; condemn; censure: Damn the act, not the person.; commend without enthusiasm: damn with faint praise; a bit: not worth a damnNot to be confused with:dam ? a barrier built to hold back water and raise its level; block up; obstruct: The beaver?s dam caused the field to flood.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreedamn (d?m)v. damned, damn·ing, damns v.tr.1. a. 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).b. To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine: was damned to live out his life in poverty.c. To bring about the failure of; ruin: Insufficient funding damned the project.2. To denounce or criticize severely: a movie that was damned by the critics.3. To swear at; curse.v.intr. To swear; curse.interj. Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.n.1. The saying of “damn” as a curse.2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn.adv. & adj. Damned.Idiom: damn well Without any doubt; positively: I am damn well going to file charges against him.[Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damn?re, to condemn, inflict loss upon, from damnum, loss.]damn?ing·ly adv.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.damn (dæm) interj1. slang an exclamation of annoyance (often in exclamatory phrases such as damn it! damn you! etc)2. informal an exclamation of surprise or pleasure (esp in the exclamatory phrase damn me!)adj (prenominal) slang deserving damnation; detestableadv, adj (prenominal) slang (intensifier): damn fool; a damn good pianist. advdamn all slang absolutely nothingvb (mainly tr) 3. to condemn as bad, worthless, etc4. to curse5. (Theology) to condemn to eternal damnation6. (often passive) to doom to ruin; cause to fail: the venture was damned from the start. 7. (also intr) to prove (someone) guilty: damning evidence. 8. to swear (at) using the word damn9. as near as damn it informal Brit as near as possible; very near10. damn with faint praise to praise so unenthusiastically that the effect is condemnationn11. slang something of negligible value; jot (esp in the phrase not worth a damn)12. not give a damn informal to be unconcerned; not care[C13: from Old French dampner, from Latin damn?re to injure, condemn, from damnum loss, injury, penalty]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014damn (dæm) 1. to declare to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal. 2. to condemn as a failure: to damn a play. 3. to bring condemnation upon; ruin: damned by his gambling habit. 4. to doom to eternal punishment or condemn to hell. 5. to swear at or curse, using the word ?damn.? v.i. 6. to use the word ?damn?; swear. interj. 7. (used as an expletive to express anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.) n. 8. the utterance of ?damn? in swearing or for emphasis. 9. something of negligible value: not worth a damn. adj. 10. damned (defs. 2, 3). adv. 11. damned. Idioms: damn with faint praise, to praise so moderately as, in effect, to condemn. [1250?1300; Middle English