be damned
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Used as an exclamation to express irritation with or reckless disregard of a person or thing.
Example Sentences
- "All they care about is profit, the environment be damned."
- "One pull more and you're at the top, and be damned to you."
- ""Shoot and be damned, you skug!" exploded Nickle. "As soon as we can see, by God! you'll squeal for this pretty loudly.""
- "However, even if he can't save Taffy 3, there are still the ships of the landing force to consider, and he orders Admiral Oldendorf to extract two destroyer squadrons, five cruisers, and the battleships Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania from wrapping-up operations in Surigao Strait and proceed at best speed north, fuel-and-ammunition-level concerns be damned."