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damnable

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

damnable /ˈdamnəb(ə)l, ˈdæmnəb(ə)l /
adjective
1 extremely bad or unpleasant:
leave this damnable place behind.
2 subject to or worthy of divine condemnation:
suicide was thought damnable in the Middle Ages.
– DERIVATIVES
damnably /ˈdam(n)əblē, ˈdæm(n)əbli / adverb
– ORIGIN Middle English (in damnable (SENSE 2)): from Old French dam(p)nable, from Latin dam(p)nabilis, from dam(p)nare inflict loss on (see damn).