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Antonyms for damnable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dam-nuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæm nə bəl



Definition of damnable

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French damnable or directly from Late Latin damnabilis, from Latin damnare (see damn). Related: Damnably.
  • adj atrocious, horrible
Example sentences :
  • "It was the result of a man's damnable folly," said K. grimly.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Oh, no, this damnable spot must not be her last resting-place!
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Then I should never have had to encounter the damnable snares of the pulpit!
  • Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
  • The same story is heard everywhere, with "damnable iteration."
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • It was a damnable presumption, anyhow, something that only an Englishman could be capable of.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • This is one of the coldest days of this most damnable and interminable winter.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • We will come back, and we will find some way to end all this damnable thing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • "For something too damnable for us to imagine," Jerry stated emphatically.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • I am not saying what the lies were, but they were damnable lies.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • What suffering, what untold misery has been wrought by this damnable custom!
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

Synonyms for damnable

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