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Damn vs. Damnation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Damn and Damnation

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Damn

To condemn to everlasting punishment or another terrible fate in the afterlife; doom
"the ancient belief that souls of the deceased who had been damned for certain sins could rise from their graves and wander the countryside between dusk and dawn" (Rudy Chelminski).

Damnation

Damnation (from Latin damnatio) is the concept of divine punishment and torment in an afterlife for actions that were committed on Earth. In Ancient Egyptian religious tradition, citizens would recite the 42 negative confessions of Maat as their heart was weighed against the feather of truth.

Damn

To condemn to an undesirable fate; destine
Was damned to live out his life in poverty.

Damnation

The act of damning or the condition of being damned.

Damn

To bring about the failure of; ruin
Insufficient funding damned the project.
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Damnation

Condemnation to everlasting punishment; doom.

Damn

To denounce or criticize severely
A movie that was damned by the critics.

Damnation

Everlasting punishment.

Damn

To swear at; curse.

Damnation

Failure or ruination incurred by adverse criticism.

Damn

To swear; curse.

Damnation

Used to express anger or annoyance. See Note at tarnation.

Damn

Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

Damnation

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

Damn

The saying of "damn" as a curse.

Damnation

(religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Damn

(Informal) The least valuable bit; a jot
Not worth a damn.

Damnation

Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.

Damn

Damned.

Damnation

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

Damn

To condemn to hell.
The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity.
Only God can damn.
I damn you eternally, fiend!

Damnation

Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
How can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation.

Damn

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

Damnation

A sin deserving of everlasting punishment.
The deep damnation of his taking-off.

Damn

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.

Damnation

The act of damning

Damn

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

Damnation

The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

Damn

(profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
That man stole my wallet. Damn him!

Damn

(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damn

Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
Shut the damn door!

Damn

Very; extremely.
That car was going damn fast!

Damn

Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

Damn

The word "damn" employed as a curse.
He said a few damns and left.

Damn

A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
The new hires aren't worth a damn.

Damn

The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don't give a damn.

Damn

To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.

Damn

To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

Damn

To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.
You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,And without sneering teach the rest to sneer.

Damn

To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damn

Something of little value;
His promise is not worth a damn
Not worth one red cent
Not worth shucks

Damn

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;
The bad witch cursed the child

Damn

Used as expletives;
Oh, damn (or goddamn)!

Damn

Expletives used informally as intensifiers;
He's a blasted idiot
It's a blamed shame
A blame cold winter
Not a blessed dime
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
He's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
A deuced idiot
Tired or his everlasting whimpering
An infernal nuisance

Damn

Extremely;
You are bloody right
Why are you so all-fired aggressive?

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