v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damned p. pr. & vb. n. Damning ] [ OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage. ] 1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [ the works of modern poets ] . . . without hearing. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. “While I inwardly damn.” Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn. ] 1. Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

A creature unprepared unmeet for death,
And to transport him in the mind he is,
Were damnable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Odious; pernicious; detestable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn. ] 1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matt. xxiii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner. ] Dooming to damnation; condemnatory. “Damnatory invectives.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hateful; detestable; abominable. [ 1913 Webster ]

But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er
Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn. ] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious. [ 1913 Webster ]