"damning" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ Forms: more damning [comparative], most damning [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dampnynge}} Middle English dampnynge, {{af|en|damn|-ing}} damn + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} damning (comparative more damning, superlative most damning)
  1. Condemning. Translations (condemning): langettava (Finnish), raskauttava (Finnish), accablant (French), kondemnierend [obsolete] (German), vernichtend (German), missbilligend (German), missfällig [dated] (German), obciążający (Polish)
    Sense id: en-damning-en-adj-9jRsRLX7

Noun

IPA: /ˈdæmɪŋ/ Forms: damnings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dampnynge}} Middle English dampnynge, {{af|en|damn|-ing}} damn + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} damning (plural damnings)
  1. A condemnation. Translations (a condemnation): tuomitseminen (Finnish), Kondemnation [feminine, obsolete] (German), Ächtung [feminine] (German), Verurteilung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-damning-en-noun-7sEAi0UY Disambiguation of 'a condemnation': 100 0
  2. An act of swearing with the word "damn". Translations (a swearing): Malediktion [feminine, obsolete] (German), Verdammung [feminine] (German), Verwünschung [feminine] (German), Verfluchen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-damning-en-noun-7qeDB-4P Disambiguation of 'a swearing': 2 98

Verb

IPA: /ˈdæmɪŋ/
Etymology: From Middle English dampnynge; equivalent to damn + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dampnynge}} Middle English dampnynge, {{af|en|damn|-ing}} damn + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} damning
  1. present participle and gerund of damn Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: damn
    Sense id: en-damning-en-verb-Z0dJbCxs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 2 3 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 21 3 8 69

Inflected forms

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