goddamn

See also: Goddamn, god damn, and God damn

English

Alternative forms

god damn, goddam, God damn, Goddamn
goddamned, goddammit, goddamnit

Etymology

God +‎ damn

Pronunciation

(interjection) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɒdˈdæm/
(intensifier) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒd.dæm/
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(interjection) Rhymes: -æm

Interjection

goddamn

(vulgar, colloquial) An expression of anger, surprise, intense excitement or frustration.

Synonyms

godsdamn (polytheistic)

Translations

an expression of anger, surprise, or frustration

Arabic: اللَعْنَة (al-laʕna)
Bulgarian: проклятие! (bg) (prokljatie!)
Catalan: me cago en Déu!, me cago en Déu, en la creu i en el fuster que la féu!
Chinese:
Mandarin: 他媽的／他妈的 (zh) (tāmāde), 該死／该死 (zh) (gāisǐ), 糟糕 (zh) (zāogāo)
Danish: for fanden, satans (da), for helvede, fuck (da)
Dutch: verdomme! (nl), godverdomme! (nl)
Estonian: kurat! (et), pärgel!
Finnish: perkele! (fi), saatana! (fi), jumalauta! (fi)
French: diable! (fr), merde! (fr), bon Dieu de merde!, nom de Dieu! (fr)
German: verdammt noch mal, gottverdammt (de)
Hungarian: a francba, a fenébe (hu), a jó életbe, az istenit, a franc essen bele, a rohadt életbe, a szentségit
Indonesian: sialan! (id), brengsek! (id), setan! (id), iblis! (id), jahanam! (id), keparat! (id), kurang ajar! (id)
Italian: porco Dio!, porcodio! m, merda! (it), cazzo! (it), minchia! (it), dannazione! (it), maledetto! (it), diavolo! (it)
Japanese: しまった (shimatta), 畜生 (ja) (ちくしょう, chikushō)
Korean: 아뿔싸 (ko) (appulssa)
Malay: tak guna! (ms)
Northern Sami: beargalat!, sáhtán!
Polish: cholera! (pl), na litość boską (pl), niech to szlag! (pl)
Portuguese: caramba! (pt), droga! (pt)
Romanian: dar-ar dracii!
Russian: (lit. devil take (it)) чёрт возьми́! (čort vozʹmí!), чёрт побери́! (čort poberí!); прокля́тье! (ru) (prokljátʹje!), чёрт (ru) (čort), зара́за! (ru) (zaráza!), блядь (ru) (bljadʹ) (vulgar, more common)
Spanish: ¡hostia! (es) f, ¡me cago en Dios! (es), ¡joder! (es), ¡su puta madre!, rediós (es)
Swedish: djävlar! (sv), satan! (sv), fan! (sv)
Turkish: kahretsin!, lanet olsun!
Udmurt: шайтан! (šajtan!), албасты! (albasty!)

Adjective

goddamn (not comparable)

(derogatory) Damned by God.
(vulgar, sometimes offensive) Used as an intensifier.
- 2019 July 26, Charles P. Pierce, “Congress Should Not Go on Vacation for Six Goddamn Weeks”, in Esquire‎:
  I know this may seem a bit out of the box, but isn't this a particularly lousy time in history for the Congress to go on vacation for six goddamn weeks.
Where's the goddamn cartridge?

You were in the background; you were a goddamn extra! That's good enough!

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:damned

Translations

intensifier

Arabic: مَلْعُون m (malʕūn)
Bulgarian: пуст (bg) (pust), проклет (bg) (proklet)
Danish: satans (da), helvedes
Dutch: verdomd (nl), vervloekt (nl)
Erzya: сюдозь-азозь (śudoź-azoź)
Estonian: kuradima
Finnish: perkeleen, saatanan, helvetin (fi)
French: en diable (fr), sacré (fr), foutu (fr), putain de (fr)
German: verdammt (de), gottverdammt (de), verflucht (de), höllisch (de)
Greenlandic: -palaarsuaq
Hungarian: átkozott (hu), rohadt (hu), istenverte (hu), kibaszott (hu), kurva (hu)
Indonesian: laknat (id), jahanam (id), keparat (id), brengsek (id), sialan (id)
Northern Sami: helveha
Polish: cholera (pl), do diaska (pl), do diabła (pl), kurka (pl)
Portuguese: maldito (pt) m, amaldiçoado (pt) m, do caramba (intensifier), o raio do
Romanian: blestemat (ro) m, blestemată f
Russian: (damned) прокля́тый (ru) (prokljátyj), про́клятый (ru) (prókljatyj), чёртов (ru) (čórtov) (devil's), ебаный (ru) (jebanyj) (vulgar)
Serbo-Croatian: prokleti (sh) m
Spanish: puto (es)
Swedish: jävla (sv), satans (sv), helvetes (sv)

Noun

goddamn (plural goddamns)

(vulgar, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) A more emphatic form of damn.
I don't give a goddamn.
Alternative form of goddam (“an English person, from French perspective”)
- 2009, Shane K. Bernard, The Cajuns: Americanization of a People, page 72:
  The goddamns (British soldiers) are coming / To steal your children. / Awaken! Awaken! / Acadian men / To save our heritage.

Derived terms

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