damnation

[ dam-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of damning damning or the state of being damned. damned.
2. a cause or occasion of being damned. damned.
3. Theology. condemnation to eternal punishment as a consequence of sin.
4. an oath expressing anger, disappointment, etc.

interjection

1. (used in exclamatory phrases to express anger, disappointment, etc.)

damnation

/ dæmˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of damning or state of being damned
2. a cause or instance of being damned

interjection

1. an exclamation of anger, disappointment, etc

damnation

1. Eternal punishment in hell . ( See mortal sin/venial sin .)

Other Words From

• nondam·nation noun
• predam·nation noun
• self-dam·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of damnation¹

1250–1300; Middle English dam ( p ) nacioun < Old French damnation < Latin damnātiōn- (stem of damnātiō ), equivalent to damnāt ( us ) (past participle of damnāre; damn, -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Instead, the formerly registered security guard has stuck to spewing dunderheaded damnations.

From Los Angeles Times

Clive’s appreciations, in that book, ranged from the filmmaker Michael Mann to the Austrian aphorist Alfred Polgar, alongside damnations of his devils, including, controversially but persuasively, one on Walter Benjamin.

From The New Yorker

I’d had my share of successes and disappointments, compliments and damnations.

From Washington Post

He too is a man of walls and damnations.

From The Guardian

The critical damnations and dismissals of earlier masterworks loom large as a fear today, a fear that great films are now being disdained—or, perhaps even worse, being simply ignored.

From The New Yorker