"damnable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdæmnəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-damnable.wav Forms: more damnable [comparative], most damnable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dampnable}} Middle English dampnable, {{der|en|fro|dampnable}} Old French dampnable, {{der|en|la|damnābilis}} Latin damnābilis, {{surf|en|damn|-able}} By surface analysis, damn + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} damnable (comparative more damnable, superlative most damnable)
  1. Capable of being damned. Translations (capable of being damned): проклет (proklet) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-damnable-en-adj-jU-TfHGy Disambiguation of 'capable of being damned': 98 2
  2. Deserving of damnation; very bad. Translations (deserving of damnation): осъдителен (osǎditelen) (Bulgarian), საშინელი (sašineli) (Georgian), verdammenswert (German), verdammungswürdig (German), dampnable (Middle English), fördömlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-damnable-en-adj-D55Lpf8y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'deserving of damnation': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: damnableness, damnably
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