damn

v.

1. To consign to hell

   curse, accurse, confound, ban, doom, anathematize, proscribe, banish, read out of the church, excommunicate, fulminate against, declaim against, excoriate, condemn, sentence, convict, cast into hell, consign to the lower regions, torment, condemn to hell, condemn to eternal punishment, doom to perdition, thunder against, call down curses on the head of; curse with bell, book, and candle*; send to a warm climate*; see also condemn 1.

   Antonyms bless, forgive*, elevate. *

2. To swear at

   curse, revile, imprecate, abuse; see curse 2.

3. To disapprove strongly

   object to, complain of, condemn, attack; see censure, denounce. See syn. study at curse.

not give<strong> (<em>or</em> </strong>care<strong>) </strong>a damn*

not worth a damn*