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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024darned (därnd),USA pronunciation [Informal.]adj. - Informal Termsirritating;
damned;
confounded:Get that darned bicycle out of the driveway!
adv. - Informal Termsvery;
extremely;
remarkably:She's a darned good tennis player.
- euphemism for damned, perh. by construing dern dark, dreary (now obsolete) as an intensifier in phrases such as dern and dreary, dern and doleful 1800–10
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024darn1 /dɑrn/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj]- Clothingto sew and mend with rows of stitches, sometimes by crossing and weaving rows in and out.
n. [countable] - a place or area that has been darned.
darn•er, n. [countable]darn2 /dɑrn/USA pronunciation adj. - Informal TermsAlso, darned. damned[before a noun]:It's a darn shame.
adv. - damned:You're darn right I'm angry.
v. [ ~ + obj] - Informal Termsto curse;
damn:Darn that pesky fly!
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024darn1 (därn),USA pronunciation v.t. - to mend, as torn clothing, with rows of stitches, sometimes by crossing and interweaving rows to span a gap.
n. - a darned place, as in a garment:an old sock full of darns.
- perh. to be identified with Middle English dernen to keep secret, conceal, Old English (Anglian) dernan 1590–1600
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See mend.
darn2 (därn),USA pronunciation [Informal.]adj., adv. - Informal Termsdarned.
v.t. - Informal Termsto curse;
damn:Darn that pesky fly!
n. - Informal Terms give a darn. See damn (def. 11).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: darn /dɑːn/ vb - to mend (a hole or a garment) with a series of crossing or interwoven stitches
n - a patch of darned work on a garment
Etymology: 16th Century: probably from French (Channel Islands dialect) darner; compare Welsh, Breton darn pieceˈdarner n ˈdarning n darn /dɑːn/ interj , adj , adv , n - a euphemistic word for damn,
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