damnedest

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damned·est

(dăm′dĭst)

adj.

Superlative of damned.

All that is possible; the utmost: did my damnedest to finish the project on time.

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damnedest

(ˈdæmdɪst) or

damndest

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

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damned•est

(ˈdæm dɪst)

adj.

1. most extraordinary or amazing: It was the damnedest thing I'd ever seen.

2. best; utmost: We did our damnedest to finish on time.

[1820–30]

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damnedest

noun

1. (Informal) best, hardest, utmost, most, highest, greatest I must try my damnedest.

adjective

1. (Informal) oddest, strangest, funniest, weirdest, queerest, most remarkable, most extraordinary, most curious, most peculiar Today I heard the damnedest thing.

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Translations

damnedest

[ˈdæmdɪst] N to do one's damnedest to succeed → hacer lo imposible para tener éxito

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damnedest

[ˈdæmdɪst]

n
to do one's damnedest (= one's utmost) → faire tout son possible
to do one's damnedest to do sth → faire tout son possible pour faire qch

adj
the damnedest (= most bizarre) → le plus dingue
I've heard the damnedest thing → J'ai entendu la chose la plus dingue.damn fool adj (US) (= very stupid) → sacrément bête
That was a damn fool thing to do! → C'était sacrément bête de faire ça!

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damnedest

n to do or try one’s damnedest (inf) → verdammt noch mal sein Möglichstes tun (inf)

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damnedest

[ˈdæmdɪst] n (fam) to do one's damnedest (to do sth) → fare l'impossibile (per fare qc)

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"Well, sir, th' colonel met your lieutenant right by us--it was damnedest thing I ever heard--an' he ses: 'Ahem!

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"It proves," he roared, with a sudden blast of fury, "that you are the damnedest imposter in London--a vile, crawling journalist, who has no more science than he has decency in his composition!"

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"Pockets is the damnedest things I ever see for makin' a man absent-minded," he communed that night, as he crawled into his blankets.

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Not even her worst enemy would accuse her of not trying her damnedest to find a way through on Brexit.

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And, unlike any other political leader, Trump does his damnedest to carry through his promises.

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Minister Harris should keep trying to do his damnedest for all our citizens.

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"So, for us, I don't know if we can ever get you to accept it, but I promise you this: we'll do our damnedest to tell you the best story possible, and what you do with it from there is up to you," he added.

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have forged a thanks successive in fluke," While Chelsea as inclined out them," "where We're going to do our damnedest to make it a competitive game and a good game.

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Brian Docherty, the chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, said: "Our colleagues were simply doing their damnedest to keep the public safe and faced an unconscionable attack on their lives as a consequence."

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It's the end of being told what to do by a bunch of foreign business people who are doing their damnedest to make this country bankrupt.