damn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something of little value
his promise is not worth a damn
Types & categories
- worthlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- icky derivation
Sense 2 verb
wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
The bad witch cursed the child
Types & categories
- bring up hypernym
Related & opposite
- bless antonym
- hex derivation
- damnation derivation
- execration derivation
- imprecation derivation
- eternal damnation derivation
- damnatory derivation
Sense 3 adjective
used as expletives
oh, damn (or goddamn)!
Related & opposite
- cursed similar to
Sense 4 adverb
extremely
you are bloody right
Related & opposite
- intensifier domain usage
Sense 5 adjective
expletives used informally as intensifiers
he's a blasted idiot
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | icky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worthlessness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | bless |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hex |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | damnation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | execration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imprecation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eternal damnation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | damnatory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring up |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | cursed |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | intensifier |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | damned |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | cursed |