damn
verb (used with object)
to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
damns
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pluralof damn.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof damn (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
damnverb (used with object)to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
Example Sentences
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As so often in this book, Mr. Smith, in an attempt to put the best face possible on the U.S.S.R., seems to be praising with faint damns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Over five sections, this tear-splattered score mourns and damns, and declares where in the past Adams might have simply observed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Sq Ldr George "Johnny" Johnson, who lived in Bristol, was a bomb-aimer in the 617 Squadron, which destroyed key damns in the industrial heartland of Germany in World War Two.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2022
Stone appears to give neither of these damns, opting for an approach that forgoes fidelity in favor of an aggressive examination of the internal and external forces laying siege to Lucia’s sanity.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
Ay, we damn ourselves; but no man among us damns his friend, who is as evil as himself.
From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Norman Duncan
