Usually means: Trying very hard; utmost effort.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word damnedest:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. damnedest: Merriam-Webster
  2. damnedest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. damnedest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. damnedest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. damnedest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Damnedest, damnedest: Wordnik
  7. damnedest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. damnedest: Wiktionary
  9. damnedest: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. damnedest: Dictionary.com
  11. damnedest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. damnedest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. damnedest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. damnedest: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. damnedest: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  One's best effort.

Similar:
best, level best, top note, might and main, pièce de résistance, class, personal best, piece de resistance, optimal, shiznit, more...

Opposite:
best, utmost, greatest, finest

Types:
funniest, craziest, most interesting, most unusual, more...

Phrases:
do one's damnedest, do ones damnedest, do your damnedest, tried damnedest, more...

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Similar:
best, level best, top note, might and main, pièce de résistance, class, personal best, piece de resistance, optimal, shiznit, more...

Opposite:
best, utmost, greatest, finest

Types:
funniest, craziest, most interesting, most unusual, more...

Phrases:
do one's damnedest, do ones damnedest, do your damnedest, tried damnedest, more...



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