as in sheer
having no exceptions or restrictions
only a damned fool would say such a thing
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as in damn
to a great degree
it's a damned fine day
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as in cursed
to use profane or obscene language at or about
damned the car for once again breaking down
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as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council
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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on
damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of damned
Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Love is truly mental, and Margo is the embodiment of love leading the way, logic be damned.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
For teens during the decade, soundtrack albums were must-have merchandise, PARENTAL ADVISORY labels be damned.
—Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
Love is truly mental, and Margo is the embodiment of love leading the way, logic be damned.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Adverb
The car scenes are rough, authentic, and often deeply compelling — mainly because the fresh-faced Bridges is so damned charismatic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Verb
He was subsequently hailed by many northern abolitionists as a martyr and damned by many southerners as an insurrectionist intent on destroying the institution of slavery.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damned
Adjective
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The German supermodel attended the event in a brown figure-hugging corset dress with a scalloped neckline and sheer mesh cutouts on the sides, as well as a thigh-high slit and ruching at the hip.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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And that’s not to mention the sheer number of candidates or amount of money pouring into these races this year.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
23 May 2026
Adverb
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Specifically, at Laurel, the distance from the gate to the first turn is a bit over 700 feet, which is to say, not just short, but damn short for a field of fourteen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The Nobel-prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller) go on an unsentimental journey in 1949 through West and East Germany in Pawel Pawlikowski’s damn-near perfect period piece Fatherland.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Sealed by consuming a mushroom that sprung from the snowy, barren land (as seen in last week’s episode), Richard’s devilish pact cursed Widow’s Bay for the foreseeable future, binding all those born on it to its grounds — those who try to leave face immediate death beyond its watery borders.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Danhausen cursed the Cavaliers, much to the chagrin of Cleveland sports fan The Miz.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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A lot of people in Philadelphia and elsewhere denounced them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The money on offer has been one of the biggest positives cited by athletes for joining the Enhanced Games, which has been denounced by many international sporting organizations for the potential risks to athletes’ health and for casting aside traditional guardrails to sporting integrity.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
Verb
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He was sentenced in 2023 after pleading guilty to assault, vandalism, elder abuse and making criminal threats.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Omar Brogdon was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on May 18, according to court records viewed by PEOPLE.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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When the squad reported back to Kirkby five days after his death, the training complex was a scene of utter devastation.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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The club had learned to accept that the 51-year-old is extremely demanding and ambitious, qualities that actually made working with him a challenge at times.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Donley says that all the evidence presented in court shows that storing this waste in close proximity to homes, schools, and waterways would be extremely harmful to the local population's health and the environment.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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They are celebrated in one era as the pinnacle of capital allocation and condemned in the next as an unwieldy collection of unrelated assets.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Kyiv's European allies, including France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Friedrich Merz, condemned the Russian strikes and use of the Oreshnik in online statements published on Sunday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damned. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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