Damnest vs Damndest - What's the difference?
damnest | damndest |
(damn)
(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.
As a verb damnest
is archaic second-person singular of damn.As an adjective damndest is
alternative form of lang=en.damnest
English
Verb
(head)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 .