Damn vs. Durn

Damnverb

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!’;

Durnadverb

Darn; damned; extremely.

Damnverb

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

Durninterjection

darn; damn

Damnverb

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.’;

Damnverb

To condemn as unfit, harmful, of poor quality, unsuccessful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

Damnverb

To curse; put a curse upon.

‘That man stole my wallet. Damn him!’;

Damnverb

(archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damnadjective

Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

‘Shut the damn door!’;

Damnadverb

Very, extremely.

‘That car was going damn fast!’;

Damninterjection

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

Damnnoun

The use of "damn" as a curse.

‘said a few damns and left’;

Damnnoun

A small, negligible quantity, being of little value.

‘The new hires aren't worth a damn.’;

Damnnoun

The smallest amount of concern or consideration (used in not give a damn).

‘I don’t give a damn.’;

Damnverb

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.’;

Damnverb

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

Damnverb

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.’;

Damnverb

To invoke damnation; to curse.

Damnnoun

something of little value;

‘his promise is not worth a damn’; ‘not worth one red cent’; ‘not worth shucks’;

Damnverb

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon;

‘The bad witch cursed the child’;

Damnadjective

used as expletives;

‘oh, damn (or goddamn)!’;

Damnadjective

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’;

Damnadverb

extremely;

‘you are bloody right’; ‘Why are you so all-fired aggressive?’;