darned

1
[ dahrnd ]
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adjective
  1. irritating; damned; confounded: Get that darned bicycle out of the driveway!

adverb
  1. very; extremely; remarkably: She's a darned good tennis player.

Origin of darned

1
First recorded in 1800–10; euphemism for damned, perhaps by construing dern “dark, dreary” (now obsolete) as an intensifier in phrases such as dern and dreary, dern and doleful

Other words from darned

  • un·darned, adjective
  • well-darned, adjective

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Other definitions for darned (2 of 2)

darned2
[ dahrnd ]

adjective
  1. (of a garment, especially a knitted one) mended by means of rows of stitches that cross each other: I can remember feeling embarrassed about having to wear darned socks to camp.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of darn2.

Origin of darned

2
First recorded in 1600–10 for the verb, and in 1620–30 for the adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for darned

darned

/ (dɑːnd) /


adverb, adjectiveslang
  1. (intensifier): this darned car won't start; a darned good shot

adjective

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