damnableness noun
damnably \ ˈdam-nə-blē \ adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
- accursed
- (or accurst),
- blasted,
- confounded,
- cotton-picking,
- cursed
- (also curst),
- cussed,
- dang,
- danged,
- darn
- (also durn),
- darned
- (also durned),
- deuced,
- doggone
- (or doggoned),
- freaking,
- goddamned
- (or goddamn or goddam),
- infernal
Recent Examples on the Web
//Fazili, Hussaini, and their children join a damnable human flow, crossing from Tajikistan back through Afghanistan, then on to Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, and, finally, Hungary.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, "“Midnight Traveler” Expands the Narrative of the Refugee Documentary," 17 Sep. 2019
//Of course, that programming is the damnable smartphones that Chris hated so much in the first place.
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Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Black Mirror Season 5, Episode 2 Recap: "Smithereens"," 31 May 2019
//Trump finally gave in, but only after Mitch promised to support his plan to declare a state of emergency to get the money for that damnable border wall.
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Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Week in Washington: A Whopper-Filled Press Conference," 17 Feb. 2019
//In a proposal reportedly cooked up by VP Mike Pence and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, the new scheme traded temporary protection for DACA recipients and some other immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for that damnable wall.
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Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Week in Washington: “I Never Worked for Russia!”," 20 Jan. 2019
//The situation is the result of the president and congress’s inability to come to an agreement about funding for that damnable border wall, which Mexico is apparently not paying for.
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Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, "The Week in Washington: “The Most Chaotic Presidency Ever”," 23 Dec. 2018
//Both Vox and The Power aim to make contemporary gender politics legible and damnable — albeit by taking opposing approaches — and their success is mixed.
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Constance Grady, Vox, "How 3 feminist dystopias are trying to update The Handmaid’s Tale for today," 29 Aug. 2018
//The 14-year-old pooch was put down after suffering a bout of damnable cancer, The Washington Post reported then.
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Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, "Queen Elizabeth banned her beloved corgis from the bedroom because they snored, doc claims," 22 Aug. 2018
//The American drug dealers are largely peripheral figures here, and all the more damnable for their absence.
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Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Cannes kicks off with two Spanish-language dramas, 'Everybody Knows' and 'Birds of Passage'," 9 May 2018
First Known Use of damnable
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries near damnable
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofdamnable
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
- this damnable couch is falling apart
- accursed
- (or accurst),
- blasted,
- confounded,
- cotton-picking,
- cursed
- (also curst),
- cussed,
- dang,
- danged,
- darn
- (also durn),
- darned
- (also durned),
- deuced,
- doggone
- (or doggoned),
- freaking,
- goddamned
- (or goddamn&"wvl">or goddam),
- infernal
- contemptible,
- despicable,
- miserable,
- nasty,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- scabby,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- shameful,
- sorry
More Definitions fordamnable
old-fashioned : deserving strong criticism : very bad, wrong, annoying, etc.