goddamn
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Definition
Adjective:
- Used as an intensifier to express strong feeling, often anger or frustration: "goddamn" is used informally, and often considered vulgar, to add strong emphasis to a noun, indicating the speaker's strong negative or positive sentiment.
- Damned, cursed: Expresses strong condemnation or annoyance toward the thing being described.
Adverb:
- Extremely, very: Used for forceful emphasis before an adjective or adverb.
Usage
- As an adjective: It modifies a noun to show intense feeling. It is frequently used in informal, emotional speech.
- As an adverb: It modifies an adjective or another adverb to mean "very" or "absolutely."
Examples
Adjective:
- He's a goddamn fool for making that decision.
- I can't find my goddamn keys anywhere.
- This is a goddamn disaster.
Adverb:
- You are goddamn right about that!
- That was a goddamn good meal.
- She ran goddamn fast.
Advanced Usage
- As an expletive/interjection: Used alone to express anger, surprise, or frustration.
- Goddamn! I stubbed my toe.
- Goddamn, that's expensive!
Variants and Related Words
- Goddamned (adj/adv): A common variant with identical meaning and usage.
- He's a goddamned genius.
- Damned (adj/adv): A less vulgar, but still strong, intensifier.
- Darn (adj/adv): A mild, euphemistic substitution.
- Goddam (adj/adv): An alternative spelling.
Synonyms
- Adjective: blasted, damned, cursed, infernal, bloody (UK)
- Adverb: extremely, terribly, incredibly, absolutely
Notes on Usage
- Register: This word is considered vulgar and profane. It is inappropriate for formal contexts.
- Impact: Its use can be offensive to some people due to its religious reference. Softer alternatives like "darn" or "dang" are often used in polite company.
Adjective
- expletives used informally as intensifiers
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance
- used as expletives
- oh, damn (or goddamn)!
Adverb
- extremely
- you are goddamn right!