damnable
Americanadjective
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worthy of condemnation.
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detestable, abominable, or outrageous.
adjective
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execrable; detestable
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liable to or deserving damnation
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of damnable
1275–1325; Middle English dam ( p ) nable < Middle French damnable < Late Latin damnābilis, equivalent to Latin damn ( āre ) ( see damn) + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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It is a damnable fact of life that great propaganda works even when you know it’s propaganda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
No ensembles have struggled more mightily during the pandemic than choruses, as singers are inevitable spewers of the damnable coronavirus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
Our economy is in a coma, the global order looks extremely unsettled and we could still end up with a second, deadlier bloom of this damnable virus.
From Fox News ● Apr. 22, 2020
White House tapes captured Nixon that same year saying The Post company would have “damnable, damnable problems” winning license renewals from the Federal Communications Commission.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2019
“The number ten became a damnable number... Nobody wanted that number on anything that belonged to him.”
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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