DARNED Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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darned

[ dahrnd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

irritating; damned; confounded:
Get that darned bicycle out of the driveway!

adverb

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

darned

[ dahrnd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(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

the simple past tense and past participle of darn ².

darned

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adverb

(intensifier)
this darned car won't start
a darned good shot

adjective

another word for damned damned

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

耻苍路诲补谤苍别诲 adjective
well-darned adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of darned¹

First recorded in 1800鈥�10; euphemism for damned, perhaps by construing dern 鈥渄ark, dreary鈥� (now obsolete) as an intensifier in phrases such as dern and dreary, dern and doleful

Origin of darned²

First recorded in 1600鈥�10 for the verb, and in 1620鈥�30 for the adjective

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Just pretend that it鈥檚 a fictional biopic a la 鈥淭he Brutalist鈥� and go see the darned thing already.

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Yeah, I expect some hate mail for "Promethean," because it sounds so darned elitist and stupid all at once.

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Of course, they denied it; the program ran long because speakers were just so darned popular, people wouldn鈥檛 stop cheering and clapping, party officials said.

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Nobody begrudges Watkins鈥� success because she still seems so darned untainted by it.

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Sure it's discussed and analyzed but there's a perfunctory vibe about it that makes it seem as if it's just another of those "Trump says the darnedest stuff" things.

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darnation darnedest

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