damnable
Americanadjective
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worthy of condemnation.
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detestable, abominable, or outrageous.
adjective
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execrable; detestable
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liable to or deserving damnation
Other Word Forms
- damnability noun
- damnableness noun
- damnably adverb
Etymology
Origin of damnable
1275–1325; Middle English dam ( p ) nable < Middle French damnable < Late Latin damnābilis, equivalent to Latin damn ( āre ) ( see damn) + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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It is a damnable fact of life that great propaganda works even when you know it’s propaganda.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
No ensembles have struggled more mightily during the pandemic than choruses, as singers are inevitable spewers of the damnable coronavirus.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2021
What threat does he utter to ensure Mayella sticks to their damnable lie, that Tom attacked Mayella after she asked him to take an ax to a piece of furniture in her yard?
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2019
He doesn't even have to admit that he constructed a damnable lie.
From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2019
“The number ten became a damnable number... Nobody wanted that number on anything that belonged to him.”
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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