goddamn
//ˌɡɒdˈdæm//
informalForms
- Plural
- goddamns
Definitions
1.Damned by God.
2.Used as an intensifier.(offensive)
- You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!
- I know this may seem a bit out of the box, but isn't this a particularly lousy time in history for the Congress to go on vacation for six goddamn weeks.
3.Alternative letter-case form of goddamn.
- You got your wars. And you got your riggers riot through the street. Gettysburg, or some Goddamn place like that.
- ‘Second, if you guys had done your work we wouldn’t be here now with our dicks in our hands waiting for the Goddamn world to end!’
1.An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.(colloquial)
1.A more emphatic form of damn.(colloquial)
- I don't give a goddamn.
2.Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”).
- The goddamns (British soldiers) are coming / To steal your children. / Awaken! Awaken! / Acadian men / To save our heritage.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4930
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From God + damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).