damning (redirected from damningly)

damn  (dm)

v. damned, damn·ing, damns

v.tr.

1. To pronounce an adverse judgment upon. See Synonyms at condemn.

2. To bring about the failure of; ruin.

3. To condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral: a cleric who damned gambling and strong drink.

4. To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; doom.

5. To swear at.

v.intr.

To swear; curse.

interj.

Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

n.

1. The saying of "damn" as a curse.

2. Informal The least valuable bit; a jot: not worth a damn.

adv. & adj.

Damned.

Idiom:

damn well

Without any doubt; positively: I am damn well going to file charges against him.

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[Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damnre, to condemn, inflict loss upon, from damnum, loss.]

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damning·ly adv.

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Damning of jurors: a panel of jurors, in reference to their power to condemn the accused—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

damning - threatening with damnation damnatory inculpative, inculpatory - causing blame to be imputed to

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damning

adjective incriminating, implicating, condemnatory, dooming, accusatorial, damnatory, implicative

Translations

damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj [evidence] → irrecusable

damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj [evidence] → accablant(e)

damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] damn adj → belastend

damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj [evidence] → schiacciante