dang 1 of 3

adjective

Definition of dangnext
as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure we need to go shovel the dang snow again

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dang

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adverb

as in damn
to a great degree we've driven too dang far to turn around now

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dang

3 of 3

verb

as in to darn

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dang
  1. darn
  2. cursed
  3. damned
  4. extremely
  5. terribly
  6. very
  7. too
  8. incredibly
Verb
  • Shops will be open, luminarias will be lit, and as twilight envelops the town, everyone gathers in Upper Park (above the steps on Main Street) for the lighting of the Christmas tree and pretty much the whole darned park.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
  • By now, there’s little to no reason to not think of this squad as the WNBA’s best, name recognition be darned.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of darn
Adjective
  • Euphoria has been plagued by cursed timelines from the start.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Something tells me that if this was what the Beast showed Belle instead of his massive library, his cursed employees would still be sleeping in cupboards.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of cursed
Adverb
  • The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of damned
Adverb
  • The fields of law and insurance are extremely complicated for the layperson, with documents full of terms and concepts that may as well be a foreign language to those unfamiliar with them.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • These functions are easy to compute in one direction and extremely difficult to reverse.
    John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • Foxx’s health was failing terribly, and his vitals were down.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That actually didn’t turn out terribly and was surprisingly bipartisan at the end.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • While the integration of AI into our daily lives has happened very quickly (AI assistants are one of the fastest product adoptions in history), so far, organizations have seen limited benefits.
    Ethan Mollick, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the bike rental shop, a very large, very sweet German Shepherd greeted me from her dog bed by the counter.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Human individual rights and protecting them are awesome, too.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Matthieu’s garments while at the house were imaginative and surreal without being too on the nose.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of too
Adverb
  • The actress turned out to have a knack for creating incredibly fun Instagrams, putting her in a pantheon of stars who are just as fun to watch on the super-small screen, that includes Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen and Gwyneth Paltrow.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The band worked incredibly hard during their first era, releasing a lot of music for a group of brothers during their decades together.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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