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doggone

UK/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn//ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/

doggone is the euphemistic form of goddamned.

Meaning of goddamned

Adjective

goddamned (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory) Damned by God.
  2. (offensive, often) Used as an intensifier expressing anger.
    • Where's the goddamned cartridge?

Verb

doggone (third-person singular simple present doggones, present participle doggoning, simple past and past participle doggoned)

  1. (US, dialectal) To damn; to curse.
    • […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.1915, The Scoop, volume 4, page 247

Forms of doggone

Adjective
superlativedoggonest
alternative formdaggone
alternative formdoggoned
Verb
third-person singular presentdoggones
present participledoggoning
past participledoggoned
pastdoggoned

Origin of doggone

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

Questions about doggone

What does doggone mean?
Doggone means to damn; to curse.
What is doggone the euphemistic form of?
Doggone is the euphemistic form of goddamned.
What part of speech is doggone?
Doggone is a verb.
How do you pronounce doggone?
Doggone is pronounced /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of doggone?
The past tense of doggone is doggoned.

Words near doggone in the dictionary

  1. doggishness
  2. doggitude
  3. doggly
  4. doggo
  5. DoggoLingo
  6. doggone
  7. doggoned
  8. doggoneder
  9. doggonedest
  10. doggones
  11. doggonest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: doggone (page history and authors); goddamned (page history and authors). 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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