darn

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/dɑɹn/
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/dɑɹn/ · /daːn/ · /dɑːn/

Definition of darn

7 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (euphemistic, not-comparable)Damn.
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adj

  1. (euphemistic, not-comparable)Damn.

adv

  1. (euphemistic, not-comparable)Damned.
    “But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot”
    “Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being pretty darn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb.”

intj

  1. (euphemistic)Damn.

verb

  1. (euphemistic, transitive)Damn.
  2. (transitive)To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
    “I need to darn these socks again.”
    “He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, or darning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration.”
    “Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes ? She's not.”

noun

  1. (euphemistic)Damn.
    “His opinion isn't worth a darn.”
  2. A place mended by darning.

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Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

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