I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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And hangovers were so damned painful.
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She also wished he didn't sound so damned exotic.
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They were Judith's children, so why were they so damned unprepossessing?
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Don't be so damned poor-spirited.
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Because he is so damned real that you think this pain and suffering is really him.
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And he looks so damned harmless.
■ NOUN
fool
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And when I did I behaved like a damned fool .
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Silently she cursed herself for being such a damned fool .
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Although only a damned fool would believe it.
thing
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Rainbow says that if she has to wear tights or stockings, we might as well forget the whole damned thing .
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I have to do every damned thing for myself.
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Then he remembered he'd given up smoking the damned thing .
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I instinctively had a quick look but I couldn't see a damned thing .
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Recently he has found himself working late in the office, unpaid overtime, trying to get the damned thing right.
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I thought I'd actually got rid of the damned things .
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And there wasn't a damned thing he could do about it.
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You're lucky I didn't sell the damned things .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(I'll be/I'm) damned if ...
I'll be damned
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They came and got it already? I'll be damned .
be damned
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Can the church really decide if I will be eternally damned or blessed?
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I was damned if some nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with zits and a clip-on tie was going to make me feel loathsome.
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It is enough to make you smell a rat and be damned for your cynicism.
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Most of them are damned , he said.
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She is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.
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Smith is not, as Graham Greene might have said, man enough to be damned .
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They were singing in the halls, singing from their windows, just hell be damned and look out.
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We were damned well forcing each other to live full out.
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Why, Seikaly was damned near fully operational.
damned if you do, damned if you don't
one (damn/damned) thing after another
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Just one damn thing after another.
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She was merely coping with one thing after another, not achieving.
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Then it was one thing after another, his obese stage, his alcoholic stage.
publish and be damned
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But it was entitled to publish and be damned.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(I'll be/I'm) damned if ...
I'll be damned
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They came and got it already? I'll be damned .
be damned
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Can the church really decide if I will be eternally damned or blessed?
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I was damned if some nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with zits and a clip-on tie was going to make me feel loathsome.
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It is enough to make you smell a rat and be damned for your cynicism.
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Most of them are damned , he said.
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She is damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.
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Smith is not, as Graham Greene might have said, man enough to be damned .
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They were singing in the halls, singing from their windows, just hell be damned and look out.
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We were damned well forcing each other to live full out.
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Why, Seikaly was damned near fully operational.
damned if you do, damned if you don't
do/try your damnedest
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We both tried our damnedest but it didn't work.
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All right, tell the girls, do your damnedest .
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But both the Trust and those of us lucky enough to live there will do our damnedest to prevent it.
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He had tried to make it work, tried his damnedest , but she had absolutely no sense of taste or refinement.
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If I do as you suggest and tell Billy about us, he will do his damnedest to destroy me in revenge.
one (damn/damned) thing after another
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Just one damn thing after another.
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She was merely coping with one thing after another, not achieving.
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Then it was one thing after another, his obese stage, his alcoholic stage.
publish and be damned
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But it was entitled to publish and be damned.