| 单词 | damnation |
| 释义 | damnation (once / 2105 pages) n Damnation is the act of damning, which is a lot like condemning. Damnation dooms people. In many religious traditions, when someone is damned, it means they are doomed to suffer horribly in hell forever. Damnation, therefore, is the action of sending someone to hell. However, this word can refer to other forms of being condemned. Being sentenced to prison is a type of damnation. Being disgraced in public is a type of damnation. Anything that dooms you is damnation of a sort. Often, damnation comes from our own actions. WORD FAMILYdamnation: damnations+/damn: damnable, damnation, damnatory, damned, damnedly, damning, damningly, damns/damnable: damnablest, damnably/damned: damnedest USAGE EXAMPLESThat human yearning for moral certainty and clarity, even at the risk of extinguishment or fiery damnation, runs through Cohen’s lyrics. Salon(Nov 12, 2016) Clinton “will be the damnation of America,” he said. Seattle Times(Nov 05, 2016) Very few of the ads from either party go so far as to mention the Republican, either with praise or damnation. Time(Oct 27, 2016) 1n the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell Syn|Hypo|Hyper eternal damnation fire and brimstone (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n the act of damning Hyper denouncement, denunciation a public act of denouncing |
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