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damnable

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damnable /ˈdamnəbl /
▸ adjective
1 very 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 /ˈdamnəbli / adverb
– ORIGIN Middle English (in damnable (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Old French dam(p)nable, from Latin dam(p)nabilis, from dam(p)nare ‘inflict loss on’ (see damn).