Meaning

2 senses

  1. Bothersome; devilish.

  2. Generic intensifier.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. What in tarnation?

    ruЧто за чертовщина? — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From darnation, influenced by tarnal (from eternal); see darn.

From darnation, influenced by tarnal (from eternal); see darn.

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Forms

more tarnation, most tarnation
Comparativemore tarnation Lesson
Superlativemost tarnation Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tarifftarmactarnishtarotarot
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