damnation
- (used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.)
Origin of damnation
Examples from the Web for damnation
Historical Examples of damnation
The “Damnation of Faust,” dramatic legend, as Berlioz calls it, was written in 1846.
The Standard CantatasGeorge P. Upton
And I will keep it,” he cried, “my beautiful little love, my—Damnation!
The Master of the CeremoniesGeorge Manville Fenn
Damnation is stated to be the punishment which those who resist the powers that be, will suffer.
The Iron FurnaceJohn H. Aughey
The "Damnation of Faust," now finished, was given at the Opéra, and was not a success.
The World's Great Men of MusicHarriette Brower
Sandy Flash has a fine piece of horse-flesh, but you beat him once—Damnation!
The Story Of KennettBayard Taylor
damnation
- the act of damning or state of being damned
- a cause or instance of being damned
- an exclamation of anger, disappointment, etc
Word Origin and History for damnation
c.1300, "condemnation to Hell by God," also "fact of being condemned by judicial sentence," from Old French damnation, from Latin damnationem (nominative damnatio), noun of action from past participle stem of damnare (see damn). As an imprecation, attested from c.1600.
Damnation follows death in other men,
But your damn'd Poet lives and writes agen.
[Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell, 1707 or 1708]
damnation
Eternal punishment in hell. (See mortal sin/venial sin.)