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damning
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Damn \Damn\ (d[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damned (d[a^]md or d[a^]m"n[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Damning (d[a^]m"[i^]ng or d[a^]m"n[i^]ng).] [OE. damnen dampnen (with excrescent p), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. threatening with damnation [syn: damnatory ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a scathing/damning comment (= a very critical one ) ▪ There were a lot of scathing comments about the film. damning evidence (= proving that someone has done something wrong ) ▪ Her testimony proved to be the most ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
condemning n. 1 A condemnation. 2 An act of swearing with the word "damn". v (present participle of damn English)
Usage examples of damning.
Jou are a fake, a fraud and, most damning of all, jou are really Subcomandante Verapaz.
They had been foremost in damning Dundas with their sly, pejorative words, their judgment of his character, wise after the event.
Actually, Seg had no idea whether his boss was guilty or not, but the appearance was so damning that the man had gone along with his plan.
Coop, who had seen to the brakes of each scooter but now peeled off from behind Lovett, who rode smartly into the ivy and fell, damning his demon velocipede and Coop Gunther with equal enthusiasm.
In damning clarity, he discerned how his weaknesses made him the flesh-and-blood puppet to mow down any fool who balked his intent to kill Lysaer.
Dragging in a deep, cleansing breath, Bree concentrated on the disastrous outcome if he won, if he discovered the damning truth about her, about Sydney.
In their passion for exclusivism and damning others, they gave his establishment so many names that Barion simply affixed a nonsectarian title that stuck.
Her gaze focused on the lodestone, the magnetite, the stone she had used against Markwart, the damning piece of evidence that would surely seal her doom should she ever go to trial.
But the mere fact that the Misses Tripp have adopted with enthusiasm Christian Science, vegetarianism, theosophy and spiritualism does not really constitute a damning indictment of those subjects!
Dainig came close to damning the boy for letting the doctors hack him to pieces over a bowl of water with a scaley carp inside it.
Disconcerted by this damning evidence of indigestion, his countenance showed that he considered himself to have been too lenient to the wine of an unhusbanded hostess.
Father Looney along the communion rail, holding the paten beneath the chins of the old women while the damning wafer melted against the roof of my mouth, and the heads of the spinster sisters shook in helpless pity for a soul forever lost.
To be called a robust speaker by a Pisces was a damning with faint praise.
And finallymost damning of allyou overlooked a most elementary precaution.
He cleverly bluffs his way through, counting on everyone to conclude, as I myself did, that only an innocent man would leave such damning evidence at the scene.