goddamn

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˌɡɒdˈdæm/
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/ˌɡɒdˈdæm/ · /ˈɡɒd.dæm/ · /ˈɡɒdæm/

Definition of goddamn

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (colloquial, offensive, vulgar)An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.
    “Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: Goddamn!”
    “Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: God damn him!”
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intj

  1. (colloquial, offensive, vulgar)An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.
    “Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: Goddamn!”
    “Person A: You're not going to believe this: he just did it again, despite your warning. Person B: God damn him!”

adj

  1. (derogatory, not-comparable)Damned by God.
  2. (not-comparable, offensive, vulgar)Used as an intensifier.
    “Where's the goddamn cartridge?”
    “You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!”
    “I know this may seem a bit out of the box, but isn't this a particularly lousy time in history for the Congress to go on vacation for six goddamn weeks.”
  3. (alt-of, not-comparable)Alternative letter-case form of goddamn.
    “You got your wars. And you got your riggers riot through the street—Gettysburg, or some Goddamn place like that.”
    “I handed him his drink and continued, ‘I think you and me ought to have a little talk.’ / It must have been the way I said it because he copped the needle and sneered, ‘I haven’t got to talk to you about fuck-all. Whatever I do is none of your Goddamn business.’ / ‘None of my Goddamn business? I’M MAKING IT MY FUCKING BUSINESS,’ I yelled as he hit the ground.”
    “‘Second, if you guys had done your work we wouldn’t be here now with our dicks in our hands waiting for the Goddamn world to end!’”

noun

  1. (colloquial, vulgar)A more emphatic form of damn.
    “I don't give a goddamn.”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”).
    “The goddamns (British soldiers) are coming / To steal your children. / Awaken! Awaken! / Acadian men / To save our heritage.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From God + damn; originally, and sometimes still, a present subjunctive expression of a wish that God smite someone for their wickedness; compare also antonymous God bless, God bless you, and God love (someone or something).

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