Damned and Sheer

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Damned adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

Usage example: only a damned fool would say such a thing

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Sheer and damned are semantically related in big topic. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Damned".

Nearby Words: damn, damnable, damning, damnation, damnably

Sheer adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

Usage example: survivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror

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Damned and sheer are semantically related in big topic. Sometimes you can use "Damned" instead an adjective "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Even if it hadn't met ruin-by-unforeseen-dragons trimming its available living space a fair bit, it'd still have been an impossible castle to supply, maintain and run properly thanks to the sheer scale of the damned thing, and due to the army of servants and/or serfs needed to keep it going.

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