damn: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with D · ends with N
Meaning of damn
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To condemn.
Example: The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
Example: I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.
To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
Listed forms: damns, damning, damned, glossary, damnest.
Source: Wiktionary — damn.
adj
- not-comparable, slang
Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
Example: Shut the damn door!
Source: Wiktionary — damn.
adv
- not-comparable, slang
Very; extremely.
Example: That car was going damn fast!
Source: Wiktionary — damn.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for damn.
adjective
used as expletives
adjective
expletives used informally as intensifiers
noun
something of little value
adverb
extremely
- bloody
- all-fired
- all-firedly
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is damn in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of damn
D(2) + A(1) + M(3) + N(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of damn
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from damn
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in damn. Showing up to 24, longest first.