Darned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  darned \darned\ adj.
     an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for {damned}; as, for
     no darned reason at all.
  
     Syn: blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
          goddamned, gosh-darned.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darned}
     (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darning}.] [OE. derne, prob. of
     Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. &
     Arm. to E. tear. Cf. {Tear}, v. t.]
     To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn
     or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or
     thread.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning
           his stockings.                           --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Darning last}. See under {Last}.
  
     {Darning needle}.
     (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents,
         especially in stockings.
     (b) (Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long,
         cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are
         harmless and without stings.
  
     Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called
           also {devil's darning-needle}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  darned
       adj : expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
             idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter";
             "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or
             darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's
             a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced
             idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an
             infernal nuisance" [syn: {blasted}, {blame}, {blamed},
             {blessed}, {damn}, {damned}, {deuced}, {everlasting}, {goddam},
              {goddamn}, {goddamned}, {infernal}]