damns

noun

(sometimes vulgar) The word "damn" employed as a curse.

(sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

(sometimes vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of diaminomaleonitrile. [(organic chemistry) An organic compound (C₄H₄N₄) used in the synthesis of several heterocyclic compounds.]

(robotics) Acronym of distributed architecture for mobile navigation.

verb

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.

To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

(sometimes vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.

(theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn.

(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

adjective

(sometimes vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

adverb

(sometimes vulgar) Very; extremely.

Roots

damnumdamn- · Latin · loss, harm

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