DANGED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

danged 1 of 2

adjective

as in freaking

deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure that danged company lost our payment again

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danged

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verb

past tense of dang

as in darned

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Recent Examples of danged

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

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
Better believe that those freaking coaches made The List, too.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 July 2026

Definition of freaking

Verb

Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Much is made of the iconography of the character of Mary Poppins — one of cinema's most famous, hyperbole be darned — but perhaps not enough is owed to how Julie Andrews, on the cusp of 30, simultaneously brought green charisma and decades of wisdom to the magical, practical nanny.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of darned

Adjective

Images of shape-shifting witches and cursed doors blur the lines between reality and the twins’ childlike imagination.

— Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
Deadites will rise from the cursed pages of the Necronomicon as Evil Dead Burn becomes the latest house confirmed for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Definition of cursed

Adjective

With more than a dozen varieties grown in and around SoCal, in 2026 alone, heads (of cabbage) will roll if Angelenos can’t get their fix of this vitamin-rich, potassium-laden, calcium-blasted antioxidant VIP in 2026.

— Rebecca Leib, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Each earbud is made from polished aluminum and housed in a pearl-blasted charging case made from natural aluminum.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

Definition of blasted

Adjective

Torres – one of Barcelona’s key men up front – had been having an awful tournament, missing a plethora of chances throughout Spain’s campaign and being benched after starting against Cape Verde.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
In a clearing in the forest, his younger selves sit at a long table with the abbott, who is wearing the final boss of season three’s awful wigs.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026

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