Synonyms for darned
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dahrnd |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɑrnd |
Définition of darned
Origin :- "to mend" c.1600, perhaps from Middle French darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from obsolete dern (see dern). Related: Darned; darning.
- adj damned
- It looks, too, as if 'the way of the transgressor' were a darned hard way.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- He whiled away so much tejum there he darned near missed his train.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Darned if it doesn't almost seem to say something," he admitted.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- “Trust a darned outfit like that to hold you up,” he cried witheringly.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- If I had known before, I would have darned the big holes too.
- Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- He was a darned blackguard and his name ain't mentioned in this house.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Can't you see where you're goin', you darned Portygee half-breed?
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- I ain't afraid of many things, but I 'm darned extensive if I 'd not be afeard of her!
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- It du zeem a darned long-sufferin' sort of a business altogether.
- Extract from : « A Bit O' Love (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- What does your Government think I should want the darned thing for?
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
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