DAMNEDEST Definition & Meaning

damnedest

[ dam-dist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

best; utmost:
They did their damnedest to finish on time.

adjective

most amazing or extraordinary:
It was the damnedest coincidence, running into her in Paris after all these years of avoiding each other in Atlanta.

damnedest

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noun

informal.
utmost; best (esp in the phrases do or try one's damnedest )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of damnedest¹

First recorded in 1820–30; damned + -est ¹

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Example Sentences

But really, Reijn is doing her damnedest to get a moral rise out of us.

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Then again, as you noted, “The Eras Tour” is doing its damnedest to give movie theaters a badly needed shot of adrenaline.

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I do my damnedest to play the part.

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"It can't achieve strategic surprise but it will try its damnedest to achieve operational and tactical surprise. That will involve concealment, camouflage, deception, misinformation which they used quite successfully last autumn."

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But the bastions of white power in this country are doing their damnedest to eradicate it.

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