as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
that danged company lost our payment again
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Recent Examples of danged
Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The Mets and Astros aren’t even in the danged thing.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for danged
Adjective
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Again, the idea of the freaking Crimson Tide celebrating a win over Vandy is just as bizarre as Vandy being in a big game to begin with.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Eaton delivered a great quarter; Tuesday’s price action in the stock be darned.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
5 May 2026
Adjective
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There’s a fine line between lucky and cursed, however, and Pulisic is straddling it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Feld debuted in West Town at what seemed to be a cursed space in June 2024.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Rookie punter Jeremy Crawshaw has been a standout in that span after going viral for knocking one off his shin — that darn ground wind — against the Raiders, and nearly pinned the Commanders at the one-yard-line last weekend.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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CatVideoFest 2025 has clawed past the $1 million mark, an achievement for the franchise launched in 2016 by filmmaker Will Braden, who apparently does a darn good job curating the best cat videos from across global social media.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The blasted whiteboard was the fallout.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Sep. 2025
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Keys instead broke the 27-year-old’s serve, and dragged the decider to 5-5 after again alternating between blasted winners and errors into the net.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There's an awful lot of this nation's history packed into one three-block area in Philadelphia.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Speaking of paperwork, there’s an awful lot of it in this episode.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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In 2012, a powerful quake visited terrible damage on the city of Modena, Bottura’s home and host to his restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The letter writer’s cousin has cancer, and the chemo gives her terrible side effects.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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“Danged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/danged. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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