darned

Adjective

Synonyms: blasted blame blamed blessed damn damned deuced goddam goddamn goddamned infernal

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

expletives used informally as intensifiers“he's a blasted idiot”“it's a blamed shame”“a blame cold winter”“not a blessed dime”“I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing”“he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool”“a deuced idiot”“an infernal nuisance”Synonyms: blasted blame blamed blessed damn damned deuced goddam goddamn goddamned infernal

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

darned \darned\ adj. an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.

Syn: blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, gosh-darned. [WordNet 1.5]

Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. [1913 Webster]

He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Darning last. See under Last.

Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.

Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle. [1913 Webster]