EGAVE

darned

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of darn
  2. adjective 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.
  3. adverb Damned, extremely.
    That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?

Similar words

deuced goddamned goddamn blamed curst cursed damned damn blame everlasting

Often followed by

if good thing well sight old and fool near

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