damnation

American  

[dam-ney-shuhn] / dæmˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act of damning damning or the state of being damned. damned.

2. a cause or occasion of being damned. damned.

3. Theology. condemnation to eternal punishment as a consequence of sin.

4. an oath expressing anger, disappointment, etc.

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interjection

1. (used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.)

damnation British  

/ dæmˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of damning or state of being damned

2. a cause or instance of being damned

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interjection

1. an exclamation of anger, disappointment, etc

damnation Cultural  

1. Eternal punishment in hell. (See mortal sin/venial sin.)

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Other Word Forms

• nondamnation noun
• predamnation noun
• self-damnation noun

Etymology

Origin of damnation

1250–1300; Middle English dam ( p ) nacioun < Old French damnation < Latin damnātiōn- (stem of damnātiō ), equivalent to damnāt ( us ) (past participle of damnāre; damn, -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Clive’s appreciations, in that book, ranged from the filmmaker Michael Mann to the Austrian aphorist Alfred Polgar, alongside damnations of his devils, including, controversially but persuasively, one on Walter Benjamin.

From The New Yorker

I’d had my share of successes and disappointments, compliments and damnations.

From Washington Post

He too is a man of walls and damnations.

From The Guardian

The critical damnations and dismissals of earlier masterworks loom large as a fear today, a fear that great films are now being disdained—or, perhaps even worse, being simply ignored.

From The New Yorker

Twenty-nine distinct damnations listed in Galatians, if you cared to look up the text; and not one of them could the enemy be made to trip on, a-dying.

From Project Gutenberg