Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: darned
IPA transcription: [d'ɑɹnd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
    Meaning: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
Usage examples
  • She has a trick in hand--that much I know, but I'm darned if I can put a name to it.
  • He instantly met the attempt by raising both hands, and displaying a pair of darned black gloves outspread in polite protest.
  • 'Well, I MUST say,' mother said, looking at the wishing carpet as it lay, all darned and mended and backed with shiny American cloth, on the floor of the nursery--'I MUST say I've never in my life bought such a bad bargain as that carpet.'