Definition of "damnedest" [damnedest]

• Superlative of damned. (adjective)
• All that is possible; the utmost: did my damnedest to deliver the term paper on time. (noun)

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• ""Between myself I hadn't called it the 'damnedest' anything."
• "I really do have the damnedest time admitting that I need things and asking for them."
• "And the damnedest thing about it, is that up until a couple of weeks ago, nearly everyone on the left was prepared to defend this practice."