Dictionary

darn en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic, not-comparable) Damn.

Deriveds

darn tootin'

Synonyms

damned

darn en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic, not-comparable, qualifier:degree) Damned.
   • 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. 2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, in AV Club:
   • But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot 1948, Cole Porter, “Too Darn Hot”:

darn en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Deriveds

goshdarnit · give a darn · darn tootin' · darn right · darn it · darn tooting · gosh darn · darn well · tinker's darn · goshdarn

Synonyms

dammit

Translations (11)

bo ཨ་ལས (Translations) · sv nedrans (Translations) · fi hitto (Translations) · fi hemmetti (Translations) · cy daria (Translations) · sv attans (Translations) · sv sablar (Translations) · bo ཨ་ཁ (Translations) · bo ཨ་ཡ (Translations) · fi perhana (Translations) · sv rackarns (Translations)

darn en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic) Damn.
   • His opinion isn't worth a darn.

Forms

darn en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

A minced oath of damn.

Meanings

1. (euphemistic, transitive) Damn.

Forms

Synonyms

dang · damn

darn en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).

Meanings

1. A place mended by darning.

Forms

darn en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /dɑɹn/ (General-American)
• /dɑːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /daːn/ (New-England)

Etymology

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
   • 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. a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 116:
   • 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. 1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 141:
   • I need to darn these socks again.

Forms

Deriveds

undarned · darnable · darner · redarn

Relateds

darning needle · darning egg

Translations (42)

it rammendare (stitch with thread) · tr yamamak (stitch with thread) · vi mạng (stitch with thread) · bg закърпвам (stitch with thread) · el μαντάρω (stitch with thread) · ja 繕う (stitch with thread) · pl zacerować (stitch with thread) · eo fliki (stitch with thread) · pt cerzir (stitch with thread) · sk štopkať (stitch with thread) · nb stoppe (stitch with thread) · pl cerować (stitch with thread) · cmn 織補 /织补 (stitch with thread) · nrf dèrner (stitch with thread) · izh štoopata (stitch with thread) · ka ნემსვა (stitch with thread) · uk зацеровувати (stitch with thread) · nl stoppen (stitch with thread) · hu stoppol (stitch with thread) · mi moanarua (stitch with thread) · izh topata (stitch with thread) · fr repriser (stitch with thread) · bg замрежвам (stitch with thread) · ja かがる (stitch with thread) · es surcir (stitch with thread) · cmn 縫補 /缝补 (stitch with thread) · uk зацерувати (stitch with thread) · sa सीव्यति (stitch with thread) · gl zurcir (stitch with thread) · az gözəmək (stitch with thread) · ka კემსვა (stitch with thread) · es zurcir (stitch with thread) · mi tapi (stitch with thread) · io darnar (stitch with thread) · pt remendar (stitch with thread) · sv stoppa (stitch with thread) · cs štupovat (stitch with thread) · fi parsia (stitch with thread) · ga dearnáil (stitch with thread) · ru што́пать (stitch with thread) · de stopfen (stitch with thread) · uk церувати (stitch with thread)