Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun damn

1 sense of damn

Sense 1
damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam -- (something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks")
       => worthlessness, ineptitude -- (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb damn

1 sense of damn

Sense 1
curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict -- (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child")
       => raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth -- (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain")

Antonyms of adj damn

2 senses of damn

Sense 1
damn, goddamn -- (used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!")

INDIRECT (VIA cursed) -> blessed, blest -- (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income")

Sense 2
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal -- (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"; "an infernal nuisance")

INDIRECT (VIA cursed) -> blessed, blest -- (highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income")

Similarity of adj damn

2 senses of damn

Sense 1
damn, goddamn -- (used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!")
       => cursed (vs. blessed), curst -- (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning")

Sense 2
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal -- (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"; "an infernal nuisance")
       => cursed (vs. blessed), curst -- (deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning")

Synonyms of adv damn

1 sense of damn

Sense 1
bloody, damn, all-fired -- (extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?")

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