Damn vs Hella - What's the difference?
damn | hella |
(theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
* Shakespeare
To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
* Alexander Pope
(profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
* Goldsmith:
(profane) Fucking; bloody.
(profane) Very, extremely.
The use of "damn" as a curse.
(profane) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.
(profane) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
As a verb damn
is (theology|transitive|intransitive) to condemn to hell.As an adjective damn
is (profane) fucking; bloody.As an adverb damn
is (profane) very, extremely.As an interjection damn
is (profane).As a noun damn
is the use of "damn" as a curse.As a proper noun hella is
.damn
English
Verb
(en verb)- The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
- Only God can ''damn.'' — ''I '''damn you eternally, fiend!
- He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.
- I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] without hearing.
- That man stole my wallet. Damn him!
- while I inwardly damn .
Adjective
(-)- Shut the damn door!
Synonyms
* see alsoAdverb
(-)- That car was going damn fast!
Derived terms
* dayum * darn * dizamnSynonyms
* see also '''Noun
(en noun)- said a few damns and left
- The new hires aren't worth a damn .
- I don’t give a damn .
hella
English
(wikipedia hella)Etymology 1
Related to "a hell of a". Originally slang. Also helluv .Determiner
(en determiner)- There are hella people here.
Synonyms
* madPronoun
(English Pronouns)- We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Adverb
(-)- I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
- Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
- I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
Synonyms
* wicked (North East US)Interjection
(en interjection)- "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella !"