as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
this damnable couch is falling apart
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Recent Examples of damnable
And what a damnable lie that was.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
The damnable words of some philosopher then consider the many facets of your demise by shotgun blast.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 10 Dec. 2022
The movie probes that damnable casual attitude about having co-equal political influence.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Jan. 2022
That painful, damnable stand-off should be crucial to Branagh’s recall.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
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Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
The damnable words of some philosopher then consider the many facets of your demise by shotgun blast.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 10 Dec. 2022
The movie probes that damnable casual attitude about having co-equal political influence.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Jan. 2022
That painful, damnable stand-off should be crucial to Branagh’s recall.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damnable
Adjective
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First introduced in the cursed sapphic speed dating scene (see above), Ash’s confident yet charming personality immediately won both me and Taylor over.—
Ana Osorno,
Them,
21 Mar. 2025
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And the cursed Vula tribe was heading back to Tribal Council.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The boys now harbor a terrible secret of their own.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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But the point is, every team has a few terrible losses in the course of a season.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To have hate at such a young age for another student is awful.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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But against lefties, while hitting from the righty batter's box, Cabrera has been downright awful, with a .562 OPS and anemic .209 batting average in 187 career plate appearances.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My favorite of all is Peter Stormare as Lucifer himself, floating down in a white suit and bare feet covered in tar like some infernal version of a southern roué whose eyebrows were seared off by the flames of hell.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The wildfires scorching Southern California are turning entire neighborhoods into ash, decimating expensive properties and exacerbating an insurance crisis that predates the infernal blazes.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
4 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.—
Keaton Patti,
The New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2019
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The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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The smell of rotten eggs, from when officials carted her off to quarantine without letting her refrigerate her groceries, is long gone.—
Vivian Wang,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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There weren’t just ‘rotten kids hanging out at the mall,’ as was said in those days.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Damnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damnable. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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