Damned - English meaning

adjective

Under a curse.

Usage examples:

The angel of death walks this accursed house

verb

Put a curse on; curse.

Usage examples:

We accurse them by the authority of the court of rome

adjective

Very annoying

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

His bally sentences seem to go on for ever

adjective

Used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone

Usage examples:

A bally stupid idea, i bally well hope he finds the money he owes me.

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

To criticize someone in an angry manner

Usage examples:

His mother berated him for making a mess.

verb

Feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

The inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident

noun

Responsibility for a fault or wrong.

Usage examples:

His players had to take the blame for the defeat

verb

To make someone or something responsible for something

Usage examples:

You can’t blame the government for all your troubles., i don't blame her for not supporting the fin…

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Make your own blasted coffee!

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

adjective

Used in phrases to express anger

Usage examples:

I've forgotten my blasted keys!

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

The process of losing blood from the body

Usage examples:

Blood clotting is the body's way to stop bleeding., to stanch/staunch/stem (= stop) the bleeding, s…

adjective

Made holy; consecrated.

Usage examples:

The blessed sacrament

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

plural noun

Those who live with god in heaven.

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Computers can be a blinking nuisance to operators

verb

Shut and open the eyes quickly.

Usage examples:

I blinked in astonishment

adjective

An expression of anger

Usage examples:

I wish they'd turn down that blinking music!

adjective

Covered, smeared, or running with blood.

Usage examples:

His bloody hands

verb

Cover or stain with blood.

Usage examples:

He ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

You took your bloody time

adjective

Used to express annoyance or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

I didn't learn a blooming thing

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Usage examples:

He was castigated for not setting a good example

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.

verb

Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Usage examples:

The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the department of trade

noun

The formal expression of severe disapproval.

Usage examples:

Two mps were singled out for censure

noun

Strong criticism or disapproval

Usage examples:

His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.

verb

Rebuke or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

He chastised his colleagues for their laziness

verb

To punish or criticize someone strongly

Usage examples:

Economists like to chastise the public for not saving.

verb

To criticize someone severely

Usage examples:

Charity organizations have chastised the government for not doing enough to prevent the latest fami…

adjective

Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive.

Usage examples:

The whole chuffing world's gone mad

verb

(of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound.

Usage examples:

The train was chuffing out of the station

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's chuffing cold out there!, do what you want; it's your chuffing house!, they've closed the road…

verb

Express complete disapproval of; censure.

Usage examples:

Most leaders roundly condemned the attack

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons

Usage examples:

The movie was condemned for glorifying violence., those who remember the past are not condemned to …

adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

He was a confounded nuisance

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

adjective

Used to express anger

Usage examples:

What a confounded nuisance!

verb

Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

Usage examples:

The opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately

verb

To express disapproval of someone or something

Usage examples:

Be criticized for the government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air p…

verb

To give an opinion or judgment about a book, film, etc.

Usage examples:

We're a group of artists who meet to discuss ideas and criticize each other's work.

adjective

Used to express annoyance or irritation.

Usage examples:

His cursed tidy-mindedness

verb

Invoke or use a curse against.

Usage examples:

It often seemed as if the family had been cursed

adjective

Used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way

Usage examples:

It's a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening!, in recent years i've been cursed with w…

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

exclamation

Expressing anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

Damn! i completely forgot!

adjective

Used to emphasize or express anger or frustration with someone or something.

Usage examples:

Turn that damn thing off!

verb

Publicly denounce.

Usage examples:

They decried human rights abuses

verb

To publicly criticize something as being undesirable or harmful

Usage examples:

Mitchell decried the high rate of unemployment in the state.

verb

To criticize something as bad, without value, or unnecessary

Usage examples:

Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.

verb

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Usage examples:

The assembly denounced the use of violence

verb

To criticize someone or something strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The teachers denounced the contract offer as inadequate.

verb

To criticize something or someone strongly and publicly

Usage examples:

The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides., he angrily denounced the decisio…

verb

Feel or express strong disapproval of (something).

Usage examples:

We deplore all violence

verb

To say or think that something is very bad; condemn

Usage examples:

The editors deplore the lack of attention given to climate change.

verb

To say or think that something is very bad

Usage examples:

We deeply deplore the loss of life., he said that he deplored all violence., to be deplored the att…

adjective

Likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated.

Usage examples:

The moving story of their doomed love affair

verb

Condemn to certain death or destruction.

Usage examples:

Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed

adjective

Certain to fail, die, or be destroyed

Usage examples:

This is a doomed city.

adjective

Used to add force to an expression. some people might consider this offensive

Usage examples:

He's such an effing nuisance!, after lots of effing and blinding and threatening to search everyone…

verb

Officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the christian church.

Usage examples:

Martin luther was excommunicated by the pope

adjective

Excommunicated.

Usage examples:

An excommunicate bishop

noun

An excommunicated person.

Usage examples:

The arrest of excommunicates

verb

Feel or express great loathing for.

Usage examples:

They were execrated as dangerous and corrupt

verb

To have or show feelings of hate towards someone or something

Usage examples:

I execrate any policy that interferes with the rights and freedoms of others.

phrase

To criticize someone or something, especially without good reasons

Usage examples:

He's always finding fault with my work., she's a nightmare to have as a guest - she finds fault wit…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

adjective

Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance.

Usage examples:

Are you out of your flipping mind?

verb

Turn over with a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

The plane flipped over and then exploded

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's a flipping nuisance!, you'll do as you're flipping well told!

adjective

Used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something.

Usage examples:

I feel so sick i can hardly raise my goddam head

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

He had been told to do this on some goddam boring management course

verb

Bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on.

Usage examples:

The play is jinxed

noun

A person or thing that brings bad luck.

Usage examples:

One was never to wish luck to someone going hunting or fishing, as it was seen as a jinx

exclamation

Said when two people inadvertently say the same thing at once.

Usage examples:

‘what's happened?’ we both say at exactly the same time. ‘jinx!’

adjective

Past and past participle of lose.

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

adjective

(of a person) unable to find your way, or (of an item) not to be found

Usage examples:

A lost child/pet/earring, we got lost on the way home., fig. i’d be lost without you (= i would not…

adjective

Relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.

Usage examples:

Pestilential fever

adjective

Relating to or causing very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people

Usage examples:

Smallpox is clearly the worst of the pestilential diseases., in the story, a pestilential fog envel…

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

Usage examples:

Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

Usage examples:

Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

verb

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

She had rebuked him for drinking too much

noun

An expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.

Usage examples:

He hadn't meant it as a rebuke, but neil flinched

verb

To criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done

Usage examples:

He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal., [ c ] a sharp rebuke

verb

Reprimand.

Usage examples:

A recklessness which cannot be too severely reprehended

verb

To express your strong official disapproval of someone or something

Usage examples:

The agency was reprehended for taking on average two years to deal with complaints., there were tho…

noun

A formal expression of disapproval.

Usage examples:

The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules

verb

Address a reprimand to.

Usage examples:

Officials were reprimanded for poor work

verb

To tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable

Usage examples:

The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude., his boss gave him a sev…

verb

Reprimand (someone).

Usage examples:

He was reproved for obscenity

verb

To tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour

Usage examples:

The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.

verb

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.

Usage examples:

He was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

(of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.

Usage examples:

A cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

Usage examples:

Young people today, they're a ruddy shower

adjective

(of a white person’s skin) having a red color, often suggesting good health

Usage examples:

A ruddy-cheeked girl

phrase

To criticize or speak angrily to someone for something that they have done wrong

Usage examples:

Take someone to task for/over something she took her assistant to task for/over her carelessness., …

verb

Find fault with (someone); scold.

Usage examples:

He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…