2007-12-03 13:43:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
what exactly does that mean?
2007-12-03 13:43:25 · update #1
Yes that does make sense. Damning someone simply means that their soul is being sent to hell. It can also mean sending that person to live what they most fear like lonliness, obscurity, in poverty, illness. Almost like a curse but with no magic behind it, only the immense power of words.
2007-12-03 13:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by inkgddss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
damn (dm)
v. damned, damn·ing, damns
v.tr.
1. To pronounce an adverse judgment upon. See Synonyms at condemn.
2. To bring about the failure of; ruin.
3. To condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral: a cleric who damned gambling and strong drink.
4. To condemn to everlasting punishment or a similar fate; doom.
5. To swear at.
v.intr.
To swear; curse.
2007-12-03 13:55:35 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could. There is curse the noun bestowing a curse and then curse the verb a string of invective. The same with damn. There is the action of being the final arbiter of where that person should spend eternity, and then there is verb, sending them there verbally.
2007-12-03 13:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To damn someone is to condemn them to Hell.
I imagine that some religious people take that seriously. But everyone understands that if you damn someone you are wishing them the worst. So the depth of your animosity is clear to everyone despite the futility of your expressed wish.
2007-12-03 13:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can 'damn someone with faint praise.'
You can damn (condemn) someone to obscurity--fail to credit them for their work, for example.
And, if you're ticked off, you can damn them to Hell. :)
2007-12-03 13:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Chantal G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋