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darnation

darnation is the alternative form of tarnation.

Meaning of tarnation

Noun

tarnation (countable and uncountable, plural tarnations)

  1. (archaic, regional) The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.
    • What in tarnation is going on?
  2. (obsolete) Someone or something that causes trouble; troublemaker.
    • I would say more, but RADLEY's come up to tell me I must go and meet that tarnation BANCROFT.1848, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Mark Lemon, Punch - Volumes 12-15, page 162

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Interjection

  1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.

Forms of darnation

pluraldarnations

Questions about darnation

What does darnation mean?
Darnation means used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.
What is darnation the alternative form of?
Darnation is the alternative form of tarnation.
What part of speech is darnation?
Darnation is an interjection.

Words near darnation in the dictionary

  1. Darna
  2. darnable
  3. Darnah
  4. Darnall
  5. Darnalls
  6. darnation
  7. darnations
  8. Darnay
  9. darnder
  10. darndest
  11. darned

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