damnation

English

Etymology

From Middle English dampnacioun, from Old French dampnacion, from Latin damnatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /dæmˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

damnation (countable and uncountable, plural damnations)

1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

   Synonyms: censure, dispraise, reprehension; see also Thesaurus:condemnation

2. (religion) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future, or the punishment itself.

   Synonym: tarnation (euphemistic)

   Antonym: salvation

Derived terms

• damnation of memory
• nondamnation
• predamnation

Translations

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation

• Bulgarian: проклятие (bg) n (prokljatie)
• Catalan: damnació f
• German: Verdammnis (de) f
• Italian: dannazione (it) f
• Macedonian: про́клетство n (prókletstvo)
• Plautdietsch: Vedaumniss f
• Polish: potępienie (pl) n
• Spanish: maldito (es) m

Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself

• Armenian: անեծք (hy) (aneckʻ), նզովք (hy) (nzovkʻ), դատապարտում (hy) (datapartum)
• Bulgarian: вечни мъки pl (večni măki)
• Catalan: damnació f
• Dutch: vervloeking (nl) f
• Esperanto: damno
• Finnish: kadotus (fi)
• French: damnation (fr) m
• German: Verdammnis (de) f
• Greek: κολασμός (el) f (kolasmós)
• Italian: dannazione (it) f
• Middle English: dampnacioun
• Plautdietsch: Vedaumniss f
• Spanish: damnación f

Interjection

damnation

1. Expressing annoyance or disappointment; damn; dammit.

   Oh damnation! The window doesn't shut!

   • 1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London:

     "Damnation!" he yelled, spinning round. "He's shot the box out of my hand!"

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin damnātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.na.sjɔ̃/ ~ /dɑ.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

damnation f (plural damnations)

1. damnation

Related terms

• damner

Further reading

• “damnation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012