as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
that danged company lost our payment again
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
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
-
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
-
Some accredited investors have 'no freaking clue' Even investors who already qualify as accredited could welcome, and benefit from, such a test, experts say.—
Stephanie Dhue,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
More holes had been worn through the holes that had been darned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
-
The Triumph was, and still is, honest, authentic, and darned-near bulletproof.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
Notably, season 2 concludes with the Shibuya Incident, an event that left Tokyo in ruins and resulted in cursed spirits killing civilians across the city, according to Crunchyroll.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
-
On Tuesday night in Buffalo, in a battle of cursed expansion cousins, the team representing the NHL’s most overdue rebuilding effort solidly bested the league’s most virulently anti-rebuild organization, the Vancouver Canucks, by a 5-3 scoreline that flattered the road side.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
As exhilarating as the holidays can be, the flip side can be pretty darn boring - January.—
John Shumway,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
-
So, yeah, this is a darn good deal.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
-
Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
-
Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Adjective
-
The Hoosiers, of course, are the prime example of a longtime awful football program rising to the top.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
-
Mamdani hasn’t had time yet to flesh out his awful, socialist ideas into real policies that adversely affect New Yorkers.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
-
The groundbreaking research penetrated the last moments of the young nobleman, who suffered a terrible 26 blows.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
-
History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what the Clash accomplished here.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Danged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/danged. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share