Damnable
['dæmnəb(ə)l] or ['dæmnəbl]
Definition
(a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.
(a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Odious, detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, cursed, accursed.
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- And the draughts are damnable--asphyxia in front and pleurisy in the back. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Because you ARE; that's why; and your being in a place like this is a damnable outrage. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They pronounced it damnable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Mabel