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   damnable

   /ˈdamnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. very bad or unpleasant: "leave this damnable place behind" Similar unpleasantdisagreeableobjectionableoffensiveexecrablehorriblehorridghastlyawfulnastydreadfulterribleannoyingirritatinginfuriatingmaddeningexasperatinghatefuldetestableloathsomefoulabominableodiousobnoxiousinformal:beastlypestilentialarchaic:scurvyOpposite pleasant
   • 2. subject to or worthy of divine condemnation: "suicide was thought damnable in the Middle Ages" Similar accursedcursedunder a cursedamneddiabolicaldevilishdemonicdemoniacfiendishMephistophelianhellishinfernalexecrablebasewickedevilsinfuliniquitousheinousrare:anathematizedOpposite holy

   Word Origin Middle English (in damnable (sense 2)): from Old French dam(p)nable, from Latin dam(p)nabilis, from dam(p)nare ‘inflict loss on’ (see damn).

   Derivatives

   • 1. damnably adverb

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