DAMNATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of damning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("damnation" is a kind of...):

denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)

Derivation:

damn (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)

Meaning:

The state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

Synonyms:

damnation; eternal damnation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("damnation" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "damnation"):

fire and brimstone ((Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners)

Derivation:

damn (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon)