different between damned vs damnation

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

From Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /dæm?ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

damnation (countable and uncountable, plural damnations)

1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
2. (religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Synonyms

• (euphemistic): tarnation

Antonyms

• (in religion): salvation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin damn?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.na.sj??/

Noun

damnation f (plural damnations)

1. damnation

Related terms

• damner

Further reading

• “damnation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).