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How to pronounce damn in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn
Type of ineptitude, worthlessness


his promise is not worth a damn.
Type Words
Synonyms anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, imprecate, maledict
Type of conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir, bring up, call down, arouse, call forth
Derivation damnation, damnatory
Type Words
Synonyms all-fired, all-firedly, bloody
Type Words
Synonyms blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal


I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing.
he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool.
Type Words
Synonyms goddamn


oh, damn (or goddamn)!.

Examples of damn

damn
Stinking villaraigosa needs to keep his damn lawn green and his water bill down.
From the latimes.com
Yet because he doesn't give a damn for the FA or what they think, he'd be ideal.
From the expressandstar.com
It's a damn fine piece of kit and is nothing more than a paperweight at present.
From the guardian.co.uk
Either way, it's pretty hard not to feel damn awesome while playing Arkham City.
From the nzherald.co.nz
If the rest of you don't give a damn about union why are you on a union website?
From the independent.co.uk
I am very competitive, but that damn ice is slippery and it hurts when you fall.
From the tv.uk.msn.com
The truth is they knew exactly what they were doing and they didn't give a damn.
From the guardian.co.uk
In fact, nobody listens to a damn word I say except for you and sometimes Mommy.
From the timesunion.com
I watched SportsCenter for weeks and the whole damn thing was about Brett Favre.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
  • Bloody: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"
  • Curse: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
  • Something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
  • Used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!"
  • Blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an ...
  • (damnation) the act of damning
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