damn

damn
v
1. condemn, denounce, denunciate, objurgate, berate; castigate, fustigate, tongue-lash, reprimand, reprove, upbraid; censure, reprobate, criticize, remonstrate, animadvert on; vilify, gibbet, vituperate, run down, put down.
2. attack, flay, light into, Inf. lace into, Inf. pan, Inf. slam, shoot down, Sl. kill, Sl. blast, Sl. let [s.o.] have it right between the eyes; cavil, carp, find fault, Inf. nit-pick, pick apart, pick to pieces, Inf. pick holes in, Inf. knock, Sl. cut up or to pieces.
3. proscribe, forbid, interdict, prohibit; ostracize, excommunicate, exile.
4. curse, U.S. Inf. cuss, anathematize, comminate, execrate, maledict, fulminate, blast; blaspheme, swear, use God's name in vain.
5. convict, declare guilty, prove guilty, find guilty; sentence, pass sentence on, condemn, adjudge, doom, sign the death warrant. —interj.
6. confound it, hang it, All Euph. darn, dang, gosh-darn, doggone, drat, blame.
n
7. trifle, Sl. cent, Sl. red cent, Sl. two cents; Inf. hoot, tinker's damn; drop in the ocean, Inf. hill of beans.
8. give a damn
Informal. care, be concerned, mind, Sl. give a hoot, take interest in, have taste for.

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