damnedest
verbEtymology From damned + -est.
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Archaic, Indicative, Past, Second person second-person singular simple past indicative of damn
- Related terms
- darnedest
damnedest
nounEtymology From damned + -est.
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One's best effort.
- "Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and the boys were tripping all over themselves to treat her like a lady."1991, Cathy Cash Spellman, Paint the Wind, page 148:
- Derived terms
- do one's damnedest