English Dictionary
◊ DAMNED
damned
adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter";
"not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or
darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's
a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced
idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an
infernal nuisance" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blamed},
{blessed}, {damn}, {darned}, {deuced}, {everlasting},
{goddam}, {goddamn}, {goddamned}, {infernal}]
2: (Christianity) in danger of the eternal punishment of hell;
"poor damned souls" [syn: {cursed}, {doomed}, {unredeemed},
{unsaved}]
n : people who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he
had visited the realm of the damned"
adv : in a damnable manner; "kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely
, endlessly persistent!" [syn: {damnably}, {cursedly}]