damned

• IPA^(key): /dæmd/

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• Rhymes: -æmd
• Homophone: dammed

damned (comparative damneder or damnder or more damned, superlative damnedest or damndest or most damned)

1. Godforsaken.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doomed

   • 1982, Iron Maiden, “Children of the Damned”:

     You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight.

2. Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:damned

   Their damned lawyers can go to hell.

   I can't get this damned thing to work.

3. Ellipsis of I'll be damned.

   Damned if I know. (strong assertion that you do not know)

damned (comparative more damned, superlative most damned)

1. (mildly vulgar) Very.

   What's so damned important about a football game?

damned

1. simple past and past participle of damn

• “damned”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “damned”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• Dedman, Madden, demand, madden, manded