tarnation

[ tahr-ney-shuhn ]

/ tɑrˈneɪ ʃən /

Older Use.

interjection

damnation: Tarnation! Burned the fatback again.

noun

damnation; hell (used as a euphemism): Where in tarnation is that boy?

adverb

damned: What's making you so tarnation miserable?

Origin of tarnation

First recorded in 1775–85; blend of ’tarnal, dialectal pronunciation of eternal, and darnation (“hell”); see damnation

Words nearby tarnation

Tarlton, Tarmac, tarmacadam, tarn, tarnal, tarnation, Tarne, Tarn-et-Garonne, tarnish, tarnished plant bug, Tarnopol

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Example sentences from the Web for tarnation

I'm owin' that tarnation little rat suthin' f'r the way he's been keelhaulin' me.
Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde
They shoot more in an hour than they could eat in a year in their tarnation French wastefulness.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843|Various
This time they were rubies; Burmese rubies, my experience told me, and not a tarnation flaw in one of 'em.
A Crime of the Under-seas|Guy Boothby
Then I calculate we may as well give in, for your legs are a tarnation deal longer than ours, it seems.
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston

Not quite so good as that, skipper, but it's tarnation near it.
The Second String|Nat Gould

British Dictionary definitions for tarnation

tarnation

/ (tɑːˈneɪʃən) /

noun

a euphemism for damnation

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单词	tarnation
释义	tarnation [ tahr-ney-shuhn ] / tɑrˈneɪ ʃən / Older Use. interjection damnation: Tarnation! Burned the fatback again. noun damnation; hell (used as a euphemism): Where in tarnation is that boy? adverb damned: What's making you so tarnation miserable? Origin of tarnation First recorded in 1775–85; blend of ’tarnal, dialectal pronunciation of eternal, and darnation (“hell”); see damnation Words nearby tarnation Tarlton, Tarmac, tarmacadam, tarn, tarnal, tarnation, Tarne, Tarn-et-Garonne, tarnish, tarnished plant bug, Tarnopol Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tarnation I'm owin' that tarnation little rat suthin' f'r the way he's been keelhaulin' me. Pirates' Hope\|Francis Lynde They shoot more in an hour than they could eat in a year in their tarnation French wastefulness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843\|Various This time they were rubies; Burmese rubies, my experience told me, and not a tarnation flaw in one of 'em. A Crime of the Under-seas\|Guy Boothby Then I calculate we may as well give in, for your legs are a tarnation deal longer than ours, it seems. Tales of the Sea\|W.H.G. Kingston Not quite so good as that, skipper, but it's tarnation near it. The Second String\|Nat Gould British Dictionary definitions for tarnation tarnation / (tɑːˈneɪʃən) / noun a euphemism for damnation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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