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# damn

«damn» in Mova's school dictionary: **angry, annoyed or disappointed: «Damn! I missed the bus.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (damn, damns, damned, damning); interjection (damn — rude); adjective and adverb (damn, damned — rude); noun (a damn — in «not give a damn»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (rude, mild swearing) Said when you are angry, annoyed or disappointed: «Damn! I missed the bus.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#m1)

2) (rude) Used to make a word stronger: «a damn good idea», «damn it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#m2)

3) (rude) «Not give a damn»: not care at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#m3)

4) (religion) To say someone will be punished for ever after death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#m4)

5) (formal) To criticise strongly («the report damned the plan»); adjective «damning» = showing guilt clearly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Mild swearing heard in films, books and from grown-ups when cross; pupils should recognise it but not use it at school. In stories it shows anger or frustration. In formal news, «damning evidence» strongly shows someone did wrong. Phrases: «damn it», «damn!», «damn right», «not give a damn», «damning evidence».

### examples

- (rude) «Damn! I've dropped my keys,» said Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x1)
- (rude) «That was a damn good match!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x2)
- (rude) «Damn it, the car won't start.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x3)
- (rude) «He doesn't give a damn about the rules.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x4)
- The report damned the company's safety record. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x5)
- The video was damning evidence against the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/#x6)

### note

Mild swearing — not for school, homework or polite talk; softer replacements: «darn», «dang» (US), «drat» (UK). Silent «n»: pronounced «dam». Homophone: «dam» (a wall holding back water) — very different meaning! Past: damned.

### In the corpora

- ["Gosh darn it" is an American polite form of the curse "God damn it".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/23/)
- ["Darn" is a mild word used instead of the swear word "damn".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/24/)
- ["Dang" is a mild word used instead of "damn"; it is American.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/25/)
- ["Bother!" is an old-fashioned British mild word for annoyance, used instead of "damn".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «damn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.