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darned en · ADJ

(euphemistic) A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
- The darned rope has got tangled up.
- Those darned kids were round here again this morning.

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(not-comparable, qualifier:degree) Damned, extremely.
- That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?
- Gutenberg made so much money from the smut book that he was able to print inexpensive copies of the Bible, which he gave away to anyone who asked. Unfortunately, due to the thickness of the paper he used, his Bible was darned near as big as a Rune and required several burly men and/or women to carry it. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 47:
- He is so darned pig-headed.

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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of darn
form of darn

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