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drat en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɹæt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Meanings

  1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
    • Drat! I forgot to post these letters.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drat! canonical lexicographic

Synonyms

fuck! · goddammit! · shit! · damn! · crap!

Translations (34)

sv skit (cry of anger or frustration) · bo ཨ་ཁ (cry of anger or frustration) · yue(cry of anger or frustration) · mk мајку му! (cry of anger or frustration) · cs zatraceně (cry of anger or frustration) · gd gonadh air (cry of anger or frustration) · yue 慘 /惨 (cry of anger or frustration) · es ¡caramba! (cry of anger or frustration) · mi aeha (cry of anger or frustration) · fi samperi (cry of anger or frustration) · sv nedrans (cry of anger or frustration) · sv attans (cry of anger or frustration) · fi saamari (cry of anger or frustration) · nl verrek (cry of anger or frustration) · es ¡joder! (cry of anger or frustration) · mi āhahā (cry of anger or frustration) · bg мамка му! (cry of anger or frustration) · es ¡jolín! (cry of anger or frustration) · ru чёрт (cry of anger or frustration) · bg по дяволите! (cry of anger or frustration) · nl stik (cry of anger or frustration) · yue(cry of anger or frustration) · it dannazione (cry of anger or frustration) · bo ཨ་ཡ (cry of anger or frustration) · yue 死得啦 (cry of anger or frustration) · sv förbannat (cry of anger or frustration) · fr mince (cry of anger or frustration) · es ¡caray! (cry of anger or frustration) · de menno (cry of anger or frustration) · ru зараза (cry of anger or frustration) · sv rackarns (cry of anger or frustration) · bo ཨ་ལས (cry of anger or frustration) · ru блин (cry of anger or frustration) · nrf m'luque ! (cry of anger or frustration)

drat en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɹæt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To damn or curse.
    • And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal[…] 1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy, page 14:
    • Drat you and your evil schemes!
    • Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police. 1882, The Japan Daily Mail, page 1129:
    • "Drat that saw-dust, although I shouldn't forget it is the mill that feeds me and mine, but I get so wild when I think of the big fellows I have landed here in days gone by." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 155:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
drats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dratted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dratted Tense=Past lexicographic
dratting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (10)

sv förbanna (to damn or curse) · bg проклинам (to damn or curse) · et needma, kiruma (to damn or curse) · es maldecir (to damn or curse) · nl vervloeken (to damn or curse) · fr jurer (to damn or curse) · it maledire (to damn or curse) · it dannare (to damn or curse) · fi kirota (to damn or curse) · nl verdoemen (to damn or curse)