damnable

[ dam-nuh-buhl ]

/ ˈdæm nə bəl /

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adjective

worthy of condemnation.

detestable, abominable, or outrageous.

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Origin of damnable

1275–1325; Middle English dam(p)nable<Middle French damnable<Late Latin damnābilis, equivalent to Latin damn(āre) (see damn) + -ābilis-able

OTHER WORDS FROM damnable

dam·na·ble·ness, dam·na·bil·i·ty, noundam·na·bly, adverb

Words nearby damnable

Damietta, daminozide, dammar, dammit, damn, damnable, damnably, damnation, damnatory, damned, damnedest

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How to use damnable in a sentence

By the way, this article is not only impious and damnable, it's also almost certainly illegal to read or publish it in Gaza.
Hamas: The Palestinian Fashion Police|Hussein Ibish|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There won't be a day, inside or out of it, that I won't run up against every damnable meanness that human nature is capable of.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
They told the Deputy that they were in a wretched and damnable state; and this was true, for they were very vicious young men.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
Then would come the other damnable series again, and the sweat would stand on my brow.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions

I do not know what damnable difference in me that absence of the pair of them for a single evening made.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
And Berg sat there, smiling, pouring out those damnable cynicisms.
Security|Poul William Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for damnable

damnable

/ (ˈdæmnəbəl) /

adjective

execrable; detestable

liable to or deserving damnation

Derived forms of damnable

damnableness or damnability, noun

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damnable

Origin of damnable

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