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    darned
    [därnd]
    adjective
    informal
    darned (adjective) · durned (adjective)
    1. euphemism for damned.
      "you have to work a darned sight harder" · "they're darned good songwriters"
    darn
    [därn]
    verb
    darned (past tense) · darned (past participle)
    1. mend (a hole in knitted material) by interweaving yarn with a needle:
      "I don't expect you to darn my socks"
      • embroider (material) with a large running stitch.
    Origin
    early 17th century: perhaps from dialect dern ‘to hide’, which is from Old English diernan, of West Germanic origin; compare with Middle Dutch dernen ‘stop holes in (a dyke)’.
    darn
    [därn]
    adjective
    darned (adjective)
    1. used to emphasize something, especially to express anger or frustration:
      "he was a darn sight younger than Jill" · "the darn things were expensive" · "winning it didn't mean a darned thing" · "you're darn right it's up to me!"
    verb
    darned (past tense) · darned (past participle)
    1. used in various expressions for emphasis or to express anger or frustration:
      "darn it all, Poppa!"
    Origin
    late 18th century: euphemism for damn.
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    verb
    1. mend (a hole in knitted material) by interweaving yarn with a needle:
       
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    1. Definition of darned adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary used as a mild swear word, to emphasize something That's a darned good idea! The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
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      Darned definition: irritating; damned; confounded. See examples of DARNED used in a sentence.
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      DARNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of darn 2. to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long…. Learn more.
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      She still darns the holes in her socks. DARNED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of darn 2. to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long…. Learn more.
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