damned

adj

1. Godforsaken.

   “You're children of the damned // like candles, watch them burn // burning in the light // you'll burn again tonight.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Variant of profane damn, used to express contempt, exasperation, etc. towards someone or something.

   “Their damned lawyers can go to hell.”

   “I can't get this damned thing to work.”

   “He became furious when developers tore them down to build newer and bigger ones. “It’s like a damned theme park!” he rages. “What happened to the frickin’ sin?””

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of I'll be damned.

   “Damned if I know.”

adv

1. (mildly, vulgar)Very.

   “What's so damned important about a football game?”

   “[…] Jacques Cartier found the new country quite exciting, gleefully naming it Canada, from the Eskimo word canuck, which I’m told means, “I’m damned sick of all this snow and that polar bear tried to eat me.””

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of damn