1
: damnable
this damned smog
3
: extraordinary
—used in the superlative
the damnedest contraption you ever saw
Synonyms
Adjective
- absolute
- all-out
- arrant
- blank
- blooming [chiefly British]
- bodacious [Southern & Midland]
- categorical
- categoric
- clean
- complete
- consummate
- crashing
- damn
- dead
- deadly
- definite
- downright
- dreadful
- fair
- flat
- flat-out
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- plumb
- profound
- pure
- rank
- regular
- sheer
- simple
- stark
- stone
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- total
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unconditional
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- utter
- very
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of damned in a Sentence
Adjective
only a damned fool would say such a thing
Adverb
it's a damned fine day
Recent Examples on the Web
The Week Us, theweek, 4 Feb. 2024
In the court of public opinion, Jennifer Crumbley is a damned woman.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2024
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
Funny at times, but still pretty damned disturbing.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023
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Adjective
Sunday's cartoons - a damned border deal, Joe Biden sees his own shadow, and more
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Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, theweek, 4 Feb. 2024
In the court of public opinion, Jennifer Crumbley is a damned woman.
—Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2024
Adverb
Calla is trying her damned best not to sound angry.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
Funny at times, but still pretty damned disturbing.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damned. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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