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darn

/dɑɹn/

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New England/daːn/

darn adjective: damn.

darn: damn
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Adjective

darn (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
    Synonyms:
    damned

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic, degree) Damned.
    • But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot1948, Cole Porter, “Too Darn Hot”
    • 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

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
    Synonyms:
    dammit

Verb (1)

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  1. (euphemistic, transitive) Damn.
    Synonyms:
    dang, damn

Noun (1)

darn (plural darns)

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

Verb (2)

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

  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.
    • I need to darn these socks again.
    • 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: […]...

Noun (2)

darn (plural darns)

  1. A place mended by darning.

darn meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

darn in Hindi

डार्न

darn in Urdu

رفو کرنا, سینا

darn in Bengali

জোড়া দেওয়া

darn in Telugu

డార్న్, డర్న్
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darn in Malayalam
ഇഴയിടുക, നൂലോട്ടുക, കൂട്ടിത്തയ്ക്കുക
darn in Kannada
ಎಳೆತುಂಬು
darn in Punjabi
ਪੁਣਨਾ puṇnā
darn in Gujarati
ડર્ન, ડાર્ન
darn in Odia
ଡାର୍ନ୍, ଡର୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍
darn in Sanskrit
सीव्यति sī́vyati
darn in Nepali
डार्न
darn in Vietnamese
mạng

Examples of darn in a sentence

  • Darn Norman door! I thought I had to push, but I actually had to pull.
  • This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
  • Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.

All 40 example sentences with darn

Synonyms of darn

Forms of darn

Verb
third-person singular presentdarns
present participledarning
past participledarned
pastdarned
Noun
pluraldarns

Past tense of darn: darned

Origin of darn

A minced oath of damn.

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).

Words formed from darn

Phrases with darn

Words that rhyme with darn

Questions about darn

What does darn mean?
Darn means damn.
What is darn in Hindi?
Darn in Hindi is डार्न. See Darn meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is darn?
Darn can be an adjective, an adverb, an interjection or a verb.
How do you pronounce darn?
Darn is pronounced /dɑɹn/ (US).

Words near darn in the dictionary

  1. Darmons
  2. Darmstadt
  3. darmstadtium
  4. Darmstädter
  5. Darmstädters
  6. darn
  7. darn it
  8. darn right
  9. darn tootin'
  10. darn tooting
  11. darn well

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: darn (page history and authors); darn (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); darn (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); darn (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); darn (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); darn (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); darn (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੁਣਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); darn (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); darn (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); darn (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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