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Noun: damnation  dam'ney-shun
  1. The act of damning
    "The preacher's sermon warned of eternal damnation for sinners"
     
  2. The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
    "The preacher warned of eternal damnation for unrepentant sinners";
    - eternal damnation
Interjection: damnation  dam'ney-shun
  1. 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