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 . Seeetymology 1 ("damn") andetymology 2 ("mend") - adjective euphemistic A
minced oath fordamned - adverb degree
Damned ,extremely
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- adjective expletives used informally as intensifiers
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Examples
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"It's what you'd call a darned good offer," explained Armstrong:
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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
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It's kind of darned if you do and darned if you don't, though.
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Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.
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Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.
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Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.
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Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.
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'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.
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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.
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Martin could not help frowning for a moment, as if he were disposed to insinuate that the gentleman had unconsciously 'darned' himself.
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