Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Damned.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of darn. See etymology 1 ("damn") and etymology 2 ("mend")
  • adjective euphemistic A minced oath for damned
  • adverb degree Damned, extremely

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  • adjective expletives used informally as intensifiers

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Examples

  • "It's what you'd call a darned good offer," explained Armstrong:

    The Dominant Dollar Lester [Illustrator] Ralph 1893

  • He went on to say he would be "darned" if US Bancorp were to become part of of the "collateral damage" from the government's "sloppy attempt at nationalizing the [banking] industry."

    US Bancorp Blasts TARP As Giant Bait And Switch On America - The Consumerist 2009

  • It's kind of darned if you do and darned if you don't, though.

    CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2008 2008

  • Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Teresa 2007

  • Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.

    My "Darned" list comes to DVD Teresa 2007

  • Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.

    My "Darned" list comes to DVD Teresa 2007

  • Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.

    My "Darned" list comes to DVD Teresa 2007

  • 'E came along' ere only the other day, 'e did, and' e says to me, 'e says,' darned 'f I can see why a station-master should beat a professional gardener at' is own game, '' e says, 'but you do.

    Mr. Britling Sees It Through 1906

  • One was a new structure and the other two were old barns which had been "darned" here and there with new material, and their yawed sides were propped with joists.

    The Landloper Holman Day 1900

  • Martin could not help frowning for a moment, as if he were disposed to insinuate that the gentleman had unconsciously 'darned' himself.

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

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