damnation

The word “damnation” has 3 syllables: damn-a-tion

It's pronounced as /dæmˈneɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for damnation?

In the thesaurus, “damnation” has 37 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for damnation along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for damnation

  • anathema
  • ban
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastisement
  • comeuppance
  • condemnation
  • correction
  • criticism
  • curse
  • denouncement
  • denunciation
  • discipline
  • doom
  • excommunication
  • execration
  • hell
  • imprecation
  • malediction
  • malison
  • nemesis
  • penalty
  • perdition
  • punishment
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reprisal
  • reprobation
  • reproof
  • retaliation
  • retribution
  • revenge
  • suffering
  • torment
  • vengeance
  • winze
  • wrath

Antonyms for damnation

  • absolution
  • benediction
  • benison
  • blessing
  • condonation
  • disregard
  • forgiveness
  • happiness
  • joy
  • overlooking
  • redemption
  • remission
  • remitment

Meanings of damnation

  • noun
    1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
    2. Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

Example Sentences

  • The preacher warned of eternal damnation for those who strayed from the righteous path.
  • In the dark alley, whispers of impending damnation filled the air.
  • The cult leader manipulated followers with the fear of divine damnation.
  • The condemned man faced the courtroom with a resigned acceptance of his impending damnation.
  • As the storm raged on, the villagers feared it was a sign of impending damnation.

On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to damnation, such as: absolution, anathema, ban, benediction, benison, blessing, castigation.

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hades

  • Abaddon
  • Gehenna
  • Pandemonium
  • Sheol
  • Tartarus
  • Tophet
  • abysm
  • abyss
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • blazes
  • bottomless pit
  • chasm
  • condemnation
  • crevasse
  • damnation
  • difficulty
  • everlasting fire
  • fire and brimstone
  • grave
  • gulf
  • hell
  • hellfire
  • infernal pit
  • infernal regions
  • inferno
  • limbo
  • loss of the soul
  • lower world
  • misery
  • nether regions
  • nether world
  • netherworld
  • nightmare
  • ordeal
  • pandemonium
  • perdition
  • persecution
  • pit
  • place of torment
  • punishment
  • purgatory
  • ruin
  • shades
  • suffering
  • torment
  • torture
  • tortures of the damned
  • trial
  • underworld
  • world of the dead
  • wretchedness

objurgation

  • accusation
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • affliction
  • animadversion
  • arraignment
  • attack
  • attribution
  • bawling-out
  • belittlement
  • berating
  • blame
  • business
  • castigation
  • censure
  • charge
  • chastisement
  • chewing-out
  • chiding
  • comeuppance
  • commination
  • complaint
  • condemnation
  • correction
  • criticism
  • damnation
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • devil
  • diatribe
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • disfavor
  • disparagement
  • dressing-down
  • earful
  • excoriation
  • expostulation
  • exprobation
  • going-over
  • hard time
  • impeachment
  • implication
  • imputation
  • incrimination
  • inculpation
  • indictment
  • invective
  • kick in the teeth
  • lash
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • obloquy
  • opposition
  • ostracism
  • pan
  • punishment
  • put down
  • rap
  • rating
  • rebuff
  • rebuke
  • recrimination
  • refusal
  • remonstrance
  • reprehension
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobation
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • repudiation
  • repulse
  • riot act
  • row
  • scolding
  • slap in the face
  • slur
  • snub
  • stricture
  • talking-to
  • telling-off
  • tirade
  • tongue-lashing
  • upbraiding

ban

  • a thou-shalt-not
  • anathema
  • banish
  • bar
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • block
  • boycott
  • bridle
  • caveat
  • cease
  • censorship
  • censure
  • check
  • check off
  • close down
  • close out
  • close up
  • commandment
  • condemnation
  • constraint
  • crush
  • curb
  • curse
  • damnation
  • debar
  • declare illegal
  • decree
  • denial
  • denunciation
  • deport
  • deprive
  • deter
  • deterrent
  • dictate
  • disallow
  • disallowance
  • discontinue
  • discourage
  • discouragement
  • disregard
  • dissuade
  • edict
  • eliminate
  • embargo
  • enjoin
  • except
  • exclude
  • excommunicate
  • excommunication
  • execration
  • exile
  • expel
  • forbid
  • freeze out
  • halt
  • hex
  • hinder
  • hoodoo
  • ice out
  • illegalize
  • impede
  • imprecation
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • injunction
  • interdict
  • interdiction
  • jinx
  • limitation
  • malediction
  • malison
  • mandate
  • mojo
  • negation
  • no-no
  • objection
  • obstruct
  • obviate
  • off-limits
  • ostracize
  • oust
  • out of bounds
  • outlaw
  • pass by
  • pass up
  • pox
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • prevention
  • prohibit
  • prohibition
  • proscribe
  • proscription
  • protest
  • put down
  • quash
  • quell
  • refusal
  • reject
  • rejection
  • repress
  • repression
  • repudiate
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • rule out
  • shut out
  • silence
  • spell
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stave off
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • subdue
  • suppress
  • suppression
  • suspend
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • throw out
  • veto
  • voodoo
  • warning
  • whammy
  • winze

nemesis

  • adversary
  • affliction
  • assessment
  • avenger
  • bane
  • booby trap
  • castigation
  • castigator
  • catch
  • censure
  • charge
  • chastisement
  • chastiser
  • comeuppance
  • condemnation
  • confinement
  • correction
  • criticism
  • curse
  • damnation
  • danger
  • denouncement
  • discipline
  • example
  • fine
  • hazard
  • hex
  • hoodoo
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • infliction
  • jinx
  • menace
  • mulct
  • opponent
  • penalty
  • peril
  • pitfall
  • plague
  • punisher
  • punishment
  • rebuke
  • redresser
  • reprimand
  • reprisal
  • reproof
  • requiter
  • retaliation
  • retribution
  • revenge
  • revenger
  • righter
  • risk
  • rival
  • ruination
  • scourge
  • sentence
  • snag
  • threat
  • torment
  • trouble
  • vengeance
  • vigilante
  • wrath

talking-to

  • accosting
  • addressing
  • admonishment
  • admonition
  • bawling-out
  • belittlement
  • berating
  • blame
  • boarding
  • business
  • calling down
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastisement
  • chewing-out
  • chiding
  • collaring
  • commination
  • condemnation
  • criticism
  • damnation
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • devil
  • diatribe
  • disparagement
  • dressing down
  • dressing-down
  • engaging in conversation
  • excoriation
  • going-over
  • greeting
  • grooming
  • hailing
  • harangue
  • hard time
  • heralding
  • informing
  • lash
  • lecture
  • lesson
  • moralism
  • notifying
  • objurgation
  • pan
  • preaching
  • preachment
  • punishment
  • ragging
  • rap
  • rating
  • rebuke
  • remonstrance
  • reprehension
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • reproval
  • riot act
  • scolding
  • sermon
  • slap on wrist
  • stricture
  • telling
  • telling-off
  • tongue-lashing
  • upbraiding
  • what for

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