durn
/dɜː(ɹ)n/
durn adjective: darn; damn. Also the alternative form of dern.
Adjective
durn (not comparable)
Adverb
durn (not comparable)
- Darn; damned; extremely.
- The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any."1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- These guys probably had a crudload of sand kicked in their faces in grade school, and now carry this primal sandbox grudge to the poli sci classroom, where they finally have the power over us durn bratty schoolkids.1994, James A. Wiggins, Beverly B. Wiggins, James Wilfrid Vander Zanden, Social Psychology, 5, illustrated edition, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 176
Interjection
Verb
durn
- Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.
- How ya durn?
Also used as
durn is also the alternative form of dern.
durn is also the abbreviation of duration.
Forms of durn
| plural | durns |
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Words formed from durn
Phrases with durn
Words that rhyme with durn
Questions about durn
- What does durn mean?
- Durn means darn; damn.
- What part of speech is durn?
- Durn can be an adjective, an adverb, an interjection or a verb.
- How do you pronounce durn?
- Durn is pronounced /dɜː(ɹ)n/.
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