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Dahn vs Damn - What's the difference?

dahn | damn |

As adverbs the difference between dahn and damn

is that dahn is eye dialect of down while damn is very, extremely.

As a preposition dahn

is eye dialect of down.

As a verb damn is

to condemn to hell.

As an adjective damn is

Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

As an interjection damn is

Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. See also dammit.

As a noun damn is

the use of "damn" as a curse.

dahn

English

Adverb

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  • *{{quote-book, year=1920, author=Fritz August Voigt, title=Combed Out, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the end o' the six paces yer cuts yer 'and away an' brings it smartly dahn ter yer side an' looks to yer front. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1904, author=David Christie Murray, title=VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He's got a kind of a way with him an' he sits dahn with the like of huz, and he talks to us as if we was men in place o' bein' cattle, which is the way with most on 'em. }}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 2007 , Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Faceless Fiend: The Faceless Fiend: Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving, Book 2
  • *:“So, wot, people'd pay to throw you dahn the stairs? Dunno abaht that. People in these parts is used to throwing one another dahn stairs for free.

    • damn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
    • The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
    Only God can ''damn.'' — ''I '''damn you eternally, fiend!
  • To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
  • To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
    • I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
  • To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] without hearing.
  • (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
    • That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
  • (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
  • * Goldsmith:
    • while I inwardly damn .

    Related terms

    * damnation * damned * damnable * dammit * give a damn * tinker's damn * goddammit * God damn, goddamn * goddamned * damn skippy * damn straight * damn by association * damn with faint praise * damn the torpedoes * damn your eyes * damn your hide

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (profane) Fucking; bloody.
    • Shut the damn door!

    Synonyms

    * see also

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (profane) Very, extremely.
    • That car was going damn fast!

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (profane)

    • Derived terms

    * dayum * darn * dizamn

    Synonyms

    * see also '''

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The use of "damn" as a curse.
    • said a few damns and left
  • (profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
    • The new hires aren't worth a damn .
  • (profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
    • I don’t give a damn .