damn / super

Strong Degree with Damn and Super

Level 4

Choose the strength and tone that fit the people you are speaking with.

How It Works

Strengthening a Description
Super tired and damn expensive raise the degree of the following quality. An intensified description can occur with a full be form or a locally shaped adjective predicate.

Degree Is Not an Emotion
Damn good may express approval, while damn noisy can be a complaint. The intensifier alone does not decide the emotion.

Choose for the Setting
Damn has a coarse or mildly swear-like force for some listeners. Super is also informal. Very, really, and other shared English choices remain available; neither localness nor friendliness requires using the strongest word.

Examples (3)

  1. The room damn noisy.

    The room is really noisy.

    A strong casual complaint to a friend; damn can sound coarse.

  2. I am super tired after the walk.

    I am very tired after the walk.

    A full be form works naturally with an informal intensifier.

  3. Your new bag super nice.

    Your new bag is really nice.

    The adjective makes this an approving remark rather than a complaint.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

damn / superLevel 4Strong Degree with Damn and Super

Learn This First

Identify the description being strengthened before choosing a strong informal degree modifier.