damnedest — also damndest, originally damnedst, 1830, superlative of damned (see DAMN (Cf. damn)) … Etymology dictionary
damnedest — damned|est1 [ dæmdəst ] noun do your damnedest INFORMAL to make your best effort to do something: We knew he would do his damnedest to get it to us on time. damnedest damned|est 2 [ dæmdəst ] adjective OLD FASHIONED most strange or surprising:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
damnedest — adjective informal especially AmE 1 the damnedest thing/luck etc the most unusual or surprising thing etc: That machine was the damnedest thing you ever saw! 2 do your damnedest to try very hard to make something work or succeed: I ll do my… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — 1. adjective Surprising, remarkable, amazing. And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really. 2. noun Ones best effort. Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and… … Wiktionary
damnedest — damned|est [ˈdæmdıst] adj spoken not polite 1.) do/try your damnedest to try very hard to do something ▪ I ll do my damnedest to fix it, but I can t promise anything. 2.) [only before noun] used to emphasize that something is unusual, surprising… … Dictionary of contemporary English
damnedest — or damndest noun Date: 1682 utmost, best used chiefly in the phrase do one s damnedest < doing my damnedest to win > … New Collegiate Dictionary
damnedest — n. (colloq.) utmost to do, try one s damnedest * * * [ dæmdɪst] try one s damnedest (colloq.) [ utmost ] to do … Combinatory dictionary
damnedest — I UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] adjective old fashioned most strange or surprising People write to us about the damnedest things. II UK [ˈdæmdɪst] / US [ˈdæmdəst] noun do your damnedest … English dictionary
damnedest — damned•est [[t]ˈdæm dɪst[/t]] adj. 1) most extraordinary or amazing: It was the damnedest thing I d ever seen[/ex] 2) inf best; utmost: We did our damnedest to finish on time[/ex] • Etymology: 1820–30 … From formal English to slang
damnedest — /dam dist/, n. Informal. best; utmost: They did their damnedest to finish on time. [1820 30; DAMNED + EST1] * * * … Universalium
