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darned.

A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dɑːnd/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.

    euphemistic
    Those darned kids were round here again this morning.
    The darned rope has got tangled up.
adv/dɑːnd/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Damned, extremely.

    not-comparable
    That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?
    He is so darned pig-headed.
verb/dɑːnd/Received-Pronunciation
  1. simple past and past participle of darn

    form-of · participle · past
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