damned

UK
/dæmd/
US
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Translations

damnedadjective
more damned
Comp.
most damned
Super.
UK
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US
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foutuFamilier, injurieux; intensif pour exprimer l'agacement ou la frustration.
I can't find the damned keys anywhere!
Je ne trouve pas les foutues clés nulle part !
mauditReligieux ou soutenu; pour quelqu'un ou quelque chose condamné, voué au malheur.
He felt like a damned soul, forever trapped in his own mistakes.
Il se sentait comme une âme maudite, à jamais prisonnière de ses propres erreurs.
damnedadverb
UK
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US
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diablementRenforce un adjectif; registre familier ou expressif.
It was damned cold on the mountain last night.
Il faisait diablement froid sur la montagne cette nuit.
damnedinterjection
Standalone expletive expressing annoyance or surprise.
Additional translations
diableExclamation de surprise ou d'agacement; style soutenu ou vieilli.
Synonyms
damnednoun
damned
pl
Used collectively, usually with the definite article, to denote those condemned to eternal punishment.
les damnésTerme religieux; désigne les personnes condamnées au châtiment éternel.
The preacher warned that the damned would suffer for all eternity.
Le prédicateur a averti que les damnés souffriraient pour l'éternité.
Synonyms
the damned
the condemned
the accursed
the cursed
the condemned ones
the doomed
lost souls
damnverb

damned

Past Simple

Common transitive verb with regular inflection.
damnverb

damned

Past Simple

damned
Past Simple
damned
Past Participle
damning
Gerund
condamnerAu sens de critiquer sévèrement ou de déclarer mauvais.
The critics damned the movie for its lack of originality.
Les critiques ont condamné le film pour son manque d’originalité.
Additional translations
maudireSens plus fort ou plus littéraire, pour injurier ou vouer au malheur.
damnerSens religieux : condamner à la punition éternelle.
maudireDans le sens familier de jurer contre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
damnpast participle

damned

Form 'damned' functions as an adjective meaning either ‘condemned to hell’ or, informally, as an intensifier.
damnéSens religieux : voué à la damnation.
The preacher spoke of the damned souls of the wicked.
Le prédicateur parlait des âmes damnées des méchants.
mauditS’emploie surtout devant un nom pour marquer l’agacement ou l’emphase.
Turn off that damned alarm clock!
Éteins ce maudit réveil !
Additional translations
fichuFamilier, employé comme intensifieur devant un nom.
damnadverb

damned

Used informally as an intensifier before adjectives, adverbs, or whole clauses.
diablementFamilier, intensifieur équivalant à « très » ou « extrêmement ».
It's damn cold outside tonight.
Il fait diablement froid dehors ce soir.
sacrémentFamilier.
It's damn cold outside tonight.
Il fait sacrément froid dehors ce soir.
Additional translations
vachementTrès familier, intensifieur courant à l’oral.

Definitions

damnedadjective
Used to express anger or frustration, often as an intensifier.
I can't find the damned keys anywhere!
Condemned or doomed, especially in a religious or moral sense.
He felt like a damned soul, forever trapped in his own mistakes.
damnedadverb
Extremely; very much (used for emphasis).
It was damned cold on the mountain last night.
damnedinterjection
An exclamation expressing anger, annoyance, or surprise.
Damned! I left the window open all night.
damnednoun
People who are condemned to eternal punishment; the condemned.
The preacher warned that the damned would suffer for all eternity.
damnverb
To curse or swear at; to invoke a curse upon.
He damned the leaking engine.
To condemn, denounce, or criticize strongly.
The reviewers damned the movie.
damnverb
To condemn or criticize severely.
The critics damned the movie for its lack of originality.
To declare something to be bad or unworthy.
The committee damned the proposal as impractical.
To curse or swear at someone or something.
He damned the traffic as he was stuck in a jam for hours.
To condemn (a person or soul) to punishment in hell; to doom eternally.
The preacher said that greed could damn a person's soul.
damnpast participle
Condemned by God or fate to eternal punishment in hell.
The preacher spoke of the damned souls of the wicked.
Informal—used for emphasis before a noun or adjective, equivalent to ‘very’ or ‘extremely’.
Turn off that damned alarm clock!
damnadverb
Informal—used as an intensifier meaning “very” or “extremely.”
It's damn cold outside tonight.