different between damned vs blankety

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæmd/
• Homophone: dammed

Adjective

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

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

   Their damned lawyers can go to hell.

   I can't get this damned thing to work.

3. Used to express vehemently that one is not or does not do something, or refuses to be or do something.

Synonyms

• (god-forsaken): See Thesaurus:doomed
• (profanity): See Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

• ever-damned

Translations

Adverb

damned (comparative more damned, superlative most damned)

1. (mildly vulgar) Very.

   What's so damned important about a football game?

Verb

damned

1. simple past tense and past participle of damn

Anagrams

• Dedman, Madden, demand, madden, manded

English

Etymology 1

blank, from the printer's mark (as in d—! for damn!).

Alternative forms

• blankity

Adjective

blankety (not comparable)

1. (dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned

Etymology 2

blanket +? -y

Adjective

blankety (not comparable)

1. Resembling or related to a blanket.
   • 2009, Laura Resau, The Indigo Notebook, Delacorte Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 147:

     It's a floating feeling, an eyes-closed, comfy, blankety feeling, the feeling of not having to worry about anything.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:blankety.