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
- damnability noun
- damnableness noun
- damnably adverb
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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Any claim of further metaphysical elements is unnecessary froth at best or a damnable distraction at worst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
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
I snorted and leaned over the desk, craning my neck to look at the sheet of paper he’d left lying there. “/ have damnable timing? Please, you have thirteen syllables in a line here.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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