Damns vs Dawns - What's the difference?
damns | dawns |
(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 verbs the difference between damns and dawns
is that damns is (damn) while dawns is (dawn).As nouns the difference between damns and dawns
is that damns is while dawns is .damns
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Verb
(head)Noun
(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 .