Synonyms of damned

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adjective

ˈdam(d) 

as in sheer

having no exceptions or restrictions

only a damned fool would say such a thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheer
• utter
• damn
• unconditional
• simple
• absolute
• complete
• pure
• total
• very
• definite
• outright
• perfect
• real
• deadly
• dreadful
• downright
• huge
• endless
• unmitigated
• profound
• crashing
• thorough
• blank
• regular
• clean
• categorical
• thoroughgoing
• plumb
• unqualified
• fair
• unadulterated
• dead
• stark
• consummate
• flat-out
• constant
• horrible
• flat
• blooming
• terrible
• eternal
• rank
• straight-out
• stone
• arrant
• bodacious
• out-and-out
• categoric
• perpetual
• genuine
• unalloyed
• all-out
• veritable
• authentic
• classic
• extreme
• hopeless
• unremitting
• main
• undying
• unrestricted
• extraordinary
• supreme
• terrific
• confirmed
• habitual
• inveterate
• frightful
• superlative
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• doubtful
• questionable
• restricted
• dubious
• qualified
• equivocal

damned

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adverb

as in damn

to a great degree

it's a damned fine day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damn
• extremely
• terribly
• very
• incredibly
• too
• badly
• so
• highly
• really
• desperately
• severely
• seriously
• jolly
• far
• super
• that
• most
• intensely
• full
• wildly
• real
• much
• mighty
• greatly
• especially
• heavily
• awfully
• such
• exceptionally
• particularly
• awful
• fiercely
• wicked
• absolutely
• fantastically
• exceedingly
• good and
• dang
• fabulously
• supremely
• immensely
• exceeding
• frightfully
• specially
• extra
• totally
• way
• eminently
• sore
• vitally
• utterly
• surpassingly
• deadly
• uncommonly
• hugely
• mortally
• passing
• rattling
• achingly
• monstrous
• roaring
• completely
• beastly
• remarkably
• thoroughly
• almighty
• cracking
• bone
• whacking
• enormously
• filthy
• sorely
• stinking
• a lot
• thumping
• positively
• archly
• entirely
• deeply
• spanking
• vastly
• ever
• blisteringly
• mightily
• roaringly
• majorly
• colossally
• wholly
• right
• unco
• corking
• significantly
• as all get-out
• downright
• fully
• noticeably
• obviously
• profoundly
• considerably
• visibly
• radically
• flat-out
• substantially
• purely
• notably
• extensively
• altogether
• palpably
• plainly
• markedly
• monumentally
• plentifully
• obscenely
• discernibly
• abundantly
• excessively
• appreciably
• astonishingly
• monstrously
• amazingly
• astronomically
• staggeringly
• overmuch
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• hardly
• barely
• scarcely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

damned

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verb

past tense of damn

1

as in cursed

to use profane or obscene language at or about

damned the car for once again breaking down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cursed
• blamed
• criticized
• chided
• admonished
• imprecated
• reprimanded
• reproved
• chid
• maledicted
• reproached
• rebuked
• censured
• reprehended
• reprobated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blessed
• praised
• magnified
• glorified
• lauded
• extolled
• blest
• hailed
• commended
• applauded
• saluted
• acclaimed
• complimented

2

as in denounced

to declare to be morally wrong or evil

a heresy that was quickly damned by a hastily called church council

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denounced
• condemned
• blamed
• criticized
• attacked
• execrated
• anathematized
• censured
• decried
• reprobated
• doomed
• reprehended
• faulted
• hated
• disparaged
• knocked
• sentenced
• convicted
• panned
• belittled
• excommunicated
• slammed
• ostracized
• blasted
• chided
• scolded
• cursed
• blacklisted
• admonished
• loathed
• detested
• chastised
• reviled
• deprecated
• abhorred
• berated
• dispraised
• upbraided
• raked
• reprimanded
• castigated
• reproached
• rebuked
• dissed
• abominated
• reproved
• lambasted
• vituperated
• chid
• imprecated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blessed
• approved
• sanctioned
• endorsed
• indorsed
• praised
• exalted
• blest
• lauded
• glorified
• extolled
• hailed
• commended
• applauded
• saluted
• acclaimed
• consecrated
• honored
• sanctified
• touted
• revered
• eulogized
• hallowed
• venerated

3

as in sentenced

to impose a judicial punishment on

damned him to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sentenced
• condemned
• doomed
• punished
• adjudged
• found
• judged
• disciplined
• penalized
• corrected
• decreed
• ruled
• resolved
• chastised
• determined
• chastened
• censured
• castigated
• opined
• concluded
• decided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pardoned
• reprieved

Examples of damned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

When the disillusioned brother leaves for the war, the father suffers a stroke and Cal Trask, cut off from his father’s love, seems permanently enlisted in the ranks of the damned. —Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023

There is no constituency for the financially damned. —Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023

Adverb

That, in fact, is what makes this deceptively placid, supremely wry movie so damned moving. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023

That’s pretty damned impressive. —Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022