Demnition
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Demnition is an adjective meaning (euphemistic, obsolete) Damned.
Meaning
(euphemistic, obsolete) Damned.
More Meanings
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Damned, very.
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Damn (used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.).
Example Sentences
“[…] It is enough to make one swear. Demnition! if my mother heard of it, what would she say!”
“Look here, dash it all,” said the General, “are we to understand that we are a couple of demnition ghosts?”
‘The wine is demnition good!’ replied Selden; ‘but our friend Charley seems to be in the dumps—it don’t wake him up.’
It is hard to tell whether the American stage is going to the demnition bow-wows for lack of honest and intelligent criticism or whether there is no such thing as criticism because there is nothing on the American stage worth criticising.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ever-damned, goldamned, danged, tarnal, condemned, devoted.
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