as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!
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also durn
as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
I can't seem to tie this darn shoe
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Recent Examples of darn
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Election be darned, no problem there — most voters have already made up their minds anyway.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
Actors lived their best lives Saturday night at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards – giving each other trophies and looking darned good doing so.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
Looking ahead to 2024’s release calendar does not inspire the same amount of confidence, but there will always be things to watch and stream — and some of those things might even be good, gosh darn it.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
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Verb
The result: Both treatments were pretty darned effective at staving off respiratory failure with no major complications.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
Election be darned, no problem there — most voters have already made up their minds anyway.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
Actors lived their best lives Saturday night at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards – giving each other trophies and looking darned good doing so.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
Looking ahead to 2024’s release calendar does not inspire the same amount of confidence, but there will always be things to watch and stream — and some of those things might even be good, gosh darn it.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darn
Noun
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
Verb
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Storytelling Marketing Act 3: The Ultimate Bride – A Legacy Written in Silk, Gold, and Stars Storyline: The ultimate wedding begins with legacy—stitched into silk, forged in gold, and written in the stars.Lilian Raji, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Made with 55 percent acrylic and 45 percent cotton, the V-neck button-front cardigan features knitted contrast stitching along the front placket and hem.Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Euphoria has been plagued by cursed timelines from the start.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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From the condom in the soup, no, chowder (that’s not how Ina Garten makes her chowder), to the diners’ nonplussed reactions when Yancy tells them all to stop eating, all the food inspector stuff is an absolute hoot.Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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If the body has suffered an injury, Sweeney will suture the wound together, then use mortuary wax and cosmetics to smooth it over.Mike Winters,Gene Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
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That optimistic outlook is much needed as invoices are still due on the marred merchandise, and the cost of cleanup efforts and repairing damage to the building owned by the Olde World Christmas Shoppe is hundreds of thousands of dollars.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mercury and Venus’ connection reveals how to repair the damage incurred over the past two days.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Zoom in: The chaps feature shimmering sego lilies sewn with jewels onto white leather.Erin Alberty, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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There was just one problem: getting the toy off Squishy long enough to sew it back together.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Jack McBrayer plays a flustered resort concierge who delivers the terrible news to two bridezilla-esque adults who won’t be walking down the aisle in white but are still very invested in the nuptials.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Food is terrible, the vibe is off, absolutely trash.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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