damn: difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tag: Reverted |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
(22 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown) | |||
Line 7:
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dæm/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-damn.ogg|
*
* {{rhymes|en|æm|s=1}}▼
* {{homophones|en|dam}}
▲* {{rhymes|en|æm|s=1}}
===Verb===
Line 26:
#* '''November 8, 1708''', {{w|Alexander Pope}}, letter to {{w|Henry Cromwell}}
#*: You are not so arrant a critic as to '''damn''' them [the works of modern poets] {{...}} without hearing.
# {{lb|en|
#: {{ux|en|That man stole my wallet. '''Damn''' him!}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} To invoke damnation; to curse.
Line 129:
{{en-adj|-}}
# {{lb|en|
#: {{ux|en|Shut the '''damn''' door!}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Damn''' freaks!}}
#: {{ux|en|The whole '''damn''' building came down!}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Damn''' cultists are psychotic.}}
#* {{quote-video game|1=en|developer=Sonic Team; Sega Studios USA|title=Shadow the Hedgehog|location=|publisher=Sega|date=|month=|year=2005|version=|system=PS2, GameCube, Xbox|scene=|level=|oclc=|id=|text=Where's that '''damn''' FOURTH Chaos Emerald!}}
Line 174 ⟶ 177:
{{en-adv|-}}
# {{lb|en|
#: {{ux|en|That car was going '''damn''' fast!}}
#: {{ux|en|How are you '''damn''' quick?}}
#: {{ux|en|You must be so '''damn''' rapid.}}
#: {{ux|en|It went currently '''damn''' identical.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=10 Dec 89|volume=17|number=22|journal=Gay Community News|author=John Zeh|title=AIDS Groups' Execs Arrested In D.C.|page=1|quotee=Tony Allen|text=We're begging, '''damn''' near down on our knees, and not getting one red cent.}}
====Translations====
Line 181 ⟶ 188:
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ужасно}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|malaïdament}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|pokkers}}, {{t|da|hulens}}, {{t
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verschrikkelijk}}, {{t+|nl|vreselijk}}, {{t+|nl|verdomd}}, {{t+|nl|verdraaid}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pahuksen}}, {{t|fi|samperin}}, {{t|fi|saamarin}}, {{t|fi|jumalattoman}}
Line 200 ⟶ 207:
{{en-interj}}
# {{lb|en|
====Synonyms====
Line 241 ⟶ 248:
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чёрт|lit=devil}}, {{t|ru|чёрт побери́}}, {{t+|ru|прокля́тие|n}}, {{t+|ru|блин}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|kvragu|lit=to the devil}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|i riàntini}}, {{t+|scn|mannaja}}, {{t|scn|marvaja}}, {{t+|scn|avaja}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|maldición}}, {{t|es|maldita sea}}, {{t+|es|diablos}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fan}}
Line 251 ⟶ 259:
{{en-noun}}
# {{lb|en|sometimes|vulgar}} The word "damn" employed as a [[curse]].
#: {{ux|en|He said a few '''damns''' and left.}}
# {{lb|en|
#: {{ux|en|The new hires aren't worth a '''damn'''.}}
# {{lb|en|
#: {{ux|en|I don't give a '''damn'''.}}
Line 282 ⟶ 290:
{{trans-top|a small, negligible quantity, being of little value}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fliegenschiss|m}}, {{t+|de|Furz|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accidente|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|jota|n}}, {{t+|sv|dugg|n}}
Line 301 ⟶ 309:
===Related terms===
{{rel3|en|damage|damnation|damned|damnable|dammit|give a damn|tinker's damn|goddammit|{{l|en|God damn}}, {{l|en|goddamn}}|goddamned|damn skippy|damn straight|damn by association|damn with faint praise|damn the torpedoes|damn your eyes|damn your hide|a damn sight|damn all|damn and blast|damn it|damn right|damn well|damn Yankee|give a tinker's damn|god damn|gods damn|holy damn|hot damn|near as damn it|damn my eyes|{{l|en|dang}} {{qualifier|euphemistic}}|{{l|en|darn}} {{qualifier|euphemistic}}|{{l|en|dayum}} {{qualifier|slang, emphatic form}}|{{l|en|dizamn}} {{qualifier|slang, emphatic form}}|
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=admn|
[[Category:English degree adverbs]]
|