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Damnable


DAM'NABLE, adjective

1. That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal punishment. More generally, that which subjects or renders liable to damnation.

As damnable heresies. 2 Peter 2:1.

2. In a low or ludicrous sense, odious, detestable, or pernicious.