Damnedest
Adjective
damnedest
(superlative of damned)- Surprising, remarkable, amazing.
- 1900: Phillip Gardner, Someone to Crawl Back to, page 107:"And the damnedest thing happened. I was dreaming, but in my dream I was dreaming. It was the damnedest thing, really."
Full definition of damnedest
Noun
damnedest
(uncountable)- One's best effort.
- 1991: Cathy Cash Spellman, Paint the Wind, page 148:"Fancy was doing her damnedest to pull her own oar and the boys were tripping all over themselves to treat her like a lady."