dammit

English

Etymology

Alteration of damn it.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæmɪt/, /ˈdæmət/

Interjection

dammit

(vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:dammit

Translations

expression of anger or disappointment

Arabic: اللُّعْنَة‎ (al-luʿna)
Armenian: գրո՛ղը տանի (grółə tani)
Belarusian: праклён (práklon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 該死 (zh), 该死 (zh) (gāisǐ), 你妹 (nǐmèi), 我靠 (zh) (wǒkào)
Dutch: verdomme (nl)
Esperanto: damne (eo), aĉ
Finnish: pahus (fi), hemmetti, hitto vie
French: merde (fr)
German: verdammt (de), verdammt noch mal
Greek: να πάρει ο διά(β)ολος (na párei o diá(v)olos), διά(β)ολε (diá(v)ole)
Hebrew: לְעֲזָאזֵל‎ (he) (l'azazél)
Indonesian: sialan (id), sialan bener, kurang ajar (id)
Italian: merda (it), cazzo (it), dannazione (it), cavolo (it), cribbio (it)

Japanese: しまった (shimatta), くそ (ja) (kuso)
Latvian: sasodīts
Limburgish: noondemieljaar
Persian: لعنتی‎ (fa) (la'nati)
Polish: kurde (pl), kuźwa, cholera (pl), w mordę jeża
Portuguese: porra (pt), merda (pt)
Romanian: la naiba!
Russian: чёрт побери́ (ru) (čórt poberí), чёрт возьми́ (ru) (čórt vozʹmí), прокля́тие (ru) (prokljátije)
Serbo-Croatian: kvragu, ђаволи
Spanish: mierda (es), joder (es), maldita sea
Swedish: fy tusan, fy fan (sv), fy sjutton, jäklar
Turkish: kahrolsun, lanet olsun
Welsh: wfft

Noun

dammit (plural dammits)

The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
- 1938, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters:
  ... and I may say that I was as limpid as dammit.
- 2006, Dewey Lambdin, A King's Trade‎, page 294:
  Get us about, quick as dammit! Clew up tops'ls, there!
- 2007, Ruth Rendell, Not in the Flesh‎, page 14:
  I mean I'd banked on getting that permission, I'd as near as dammit been promised I'd get it. Can you wonder I was fed up to my back teeth?

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