darned
verbadjectiveadverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɑːnd//
A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
verb
- 1
Also a form of darnsimple past and past participle of darn
adjective
- 1
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.
adverb
- 1
Damned, extremely.
That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?
He is so darned pig-headed.
Gutenberg made so much money from the smut book that he was able to print inexpensive copies of the Bible, which he gave away to anyone who asked. Unfortunately, due to the thickness of the paper he used, his Bible was darned near as big as a Rune and required several burly men and/or women to carry it.
Forms
- comparative
- darneder, darnder
- superlative
- darnedest, darndest
darned · A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
Darnell · A male given name.Darrell · A surname from Old French.Darren · A male given name originating as a coinage.