damnable

/'dæmnəbl/

Thân thiện

Her damnable pride caused her to refuse the apology.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Deserving strong condemnation or moral outrage: Used to describe something considered extremely bad, wicked, or worthy of being cursed.
   • Extremely unpleasant or annoying: In a more informal sense, it can describe something that is a great nuisance or source of irritation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The dictator's damnable crimes against humanity will never be forgotten.
  • I've been stuck in this damnable traffic for over an hour!
  • Her damnable habit of interrupting people made the meeting unbearable.

Advanced Usage

• "in a damnable manner": Acting in a way that is worthy of condemnation.
  • He behaved in a damnable manner, betraying the trust of everyone who helped him.

Variants and Related Words

• Damn (verb): To condemn, especially by invoking a divine curse.
  • Many would damn him for his actions.
• Damnation (noun): The act of damning or the state of being damned; condemnation to eternal punishment.
  • He feared eternal damnation for his sins.

Synonyms

• Execrable: Extremely bad or unpleasant.
• Detestable: Deserving intense dislike.
• Abominable: Causing moral revulsion; odious.
• Accursed: Under a curse; ill-fated.

Idioms and Phrases

• "A damnable shame": Used to express that something is a great pity or a terrible situation.
  • It's a damnable shame that such a talented artist died so young.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. deserving a curse
   • her damnable pride

Từ đồng nghĩa

• execrable