Meaning

1 senses
  1. (euphemistic)A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.

    Those darned kids were round here again this morning.

    The darned rope has got tangled up.

More definitions
  • expletives used informally as intensifiers

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I'll be darned.

    Будь я тричі проклятий. — deniko

  2. It's too darned hot to do anything today.

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  3. Well I'll be darned!

    deDa brat mir einer einen Storch! — al_ex_an_der

Forms

, darnedest/darndest
Comparative Lesson
Superlativedarnedest / darndest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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