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Definition of dangnext

dang

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adverb

dang

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verb

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Recent Examples of dang
Adjective
And, of course, there’s all those dang reptiles Texas is known for. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 Fans have been asking for these cars for years; Ferrari’s already won the dang thing three times since the 499P first hit the track. Adam Ismail, The Drive, 10 June 2026 All your dang eggs in one basket. Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Quebec teams were no dang good. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026 Just give us the dang horses next year. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026 Raye is topping global charts and looking dang good while doing it. Elise Tabin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026 The triplex, which has five terraces, eight balconies, and six wood-burning fireplaces, seems like a much better investment than that dang ferry. Clio Chang, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2025 Chip shows the video to Alex, who, not knowing what else to do and feeling pretty dang guilty about not signing the travel docs to cover for her, hands the video over to UBN legal, Celine, and Ben. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dang
Adjective
  • And that's what Simon hasn't learned how to do yet, which is to just go and get a freaking life.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • But my concern about my present writing quality is getting in the way of just telling a freaking story.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Adverb
  • The reason the rent is too damn high is because Wall Street is counting on it.
    Anisha Steephen, Time, 21 July 2026
  • Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • By Jennifer Barger Special to The Washington Post One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Unfortunately, the place is more cursed than the Boston Red Sox were.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
  • Norse mythology reinforced this tradition through the story of Fafnir, a dwarf transformed into a dragon by his overwhelming greed for a cursed hoard of gold.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Analyzing top player movement Changing schools is extremely common, with more than 17,000 athletes in Texas filling out a prior athletic participation form (PAPF) this past year, according to UIL executive director Jamie Harrison.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • Here’s an outpost of a chain with some extremely personal, local touches.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Adverb
  • Unfortunately, decisions aren’t terribly effective today and according to Gartner 72% of executives say that bad decisions are as prevalent as good ones.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Given that humans at OpenAI had decided to turn off some safeguards for the test, some have argued the outcome should not have been terribly surprising.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Adverb
  • Veejay is a great model and sells Naheim’s and Jeffrey’s outfits, which are both really fashionable and exciting; Jeffrey’s burgundy suit is very femme-fatale Ursula.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • Moore has earned the praise after having a very strong spring.
    Mike Kaye July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

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“Dang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dang. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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