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
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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
Such insanity would be laughable if it weren’t so damaging and damnable.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022
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
He doesn't even have to admit that he constructed a damnable lie.
From Fox News ● Mar. 28, 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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