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damnable

/ˈdæmnəbl̩/

damnable adjective: capable of being damned.

Adjective

damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)

  1. Capable of being damned.
  2. Deserving of damnation; very bad.
    • That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
    • Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

damnable meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

damnable in Tamil

பழி கூறத்தக்க கண்டிக்கத் தகுந்த, வெறுக்கத்தக்க, நரகதண்டனைக்குரிய, நிலையான தண்டனைக்குரிய, தொந்தரவுக்குரிய, நச்சுத்தொல்லை தரக்கூடிய

damnable in Malayalam

disagreeable, unpleasant, objectionable
നിന്ദ്യം, ഗർഹണീയം, ഗർഹ്യം, വെറുക്കത്തക്ക, പേ, അഹിത
wicked, sinful, evil
പാപമായ, പാപകരമായ, ദുഷിച്ച, ദ്രോഹകരമായ, ദുഷ്ടമായ, ദുഷ്ടം

Forms of damnable

comparativemore damnable
superlativemost damnable

Origin of damnable

From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.

Words formed from damnable

Questions about damnable

What does damnable mean?
Damnable means capable of being damned.
What is damnable in Tamil?
Damnable in Tamil is பழி கூறத்தக்க கண்டிக்கத் தகுந்த, வெறுக்கத்தக்க, நரகதண்டனைக்குரிய. See Damnable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is damnable?
Damnable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce damnable?
Damnable is pronounced /ˈdæmnəbl̩/.

Words near damnable in the dictionary

  1. damn you
  2. damn you all to hell
  3. damn your eyes
  4. damn your hide
  5. damnability
  6. damnable
  7. damnableness
  8. damnablenesses
  9. damnably
  10. damnacanthal
  11. damnatio ad bestias

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: damnable (page history and authors); damnable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); damnable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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