Noun: damnation dam'ney-shun
- The act of damning
"The preacher's sermon warned of eternal damnation for sinners"
- The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
"The preacher warned of eternal damnation for unrepentant sinners";
- eternal damnation
- Exclamation of annoyance
"damnation ...They won't stop me from having what I want"";
- blast, bother [Brit], botheration, bummer [informal], curses, dang [N. Amer, informal], damn, dammit [informal], damn it [informal], darn [informal], dash [Brit, informal], deuce [informal], durn [US, dialect], drat [informal], hang [informal], sugar [informal], tarnation [N. Amer, informal], shoot [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: damnations
Type of: denouncement, denunciation, state
Encyclopedia: Damnation