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damning
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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.

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

damning·ly adv.

Damning of jurors: a panel of jurors, in reference to their power to condemn the accused—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.damning - threatening with damnation
inculpative, inculpatory - causing blame to be imputed to

damning
adjective incriminating, implicating, condemnatory, dooming, accusatorial, damnatory, implicative a damning report into the affair
Translations
damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] ADJ [evidence] → irrefutable
damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj [evidence] → accablant(e); [report] → accablant(e)
damning
adjvernichtend; evidencebelastend; he was pretty damning about iter hat sich ziemlich vernichtend darüber geäußert
damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj (implications) → fortemente negativo/a
damning evidence → prove fpl schiaccianti
damning criticism → stroncatura
damning [ˈdæmɪŋ] adj (implications) → fortemente negativo/a
damning evidence → prove fpl schiaccianti
damning criticism → stroncatura


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