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darn

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of darn

the smallest amount or part imaginable
  • Nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!
Synonyms of darn

beans, continental, fig, hoot, iota, jot, lick, modicum, rap, syllable, tittle, whit, whoop
Words Related to darn

ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace

darn

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of darn

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
  • In the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand.
Synonyms of darn

sew, stitch, suture
Words Related to darn

mend, patch, repair

baste, ease, fell, finish, overcast

cross-stitch, embroider

crochet, knit
Near Antonyms of darn

unsew

darn

adjective
variants: also durn

Synonyms and Antonyms of darn

deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
  • I can't seem to tie this darn shoe!
Synonyms of darn

accursed (or accurst), blasted, confounded, cotton-picking, cursed (also curst), cussed, damnable, dang, danged, darned (also durned), doggone (or doggoned), infernal
Words Related to darn

atrocious, awful, bum, detestable, execrable, lousy, punk, rotten, terrible, wretched

abominable, odious, vile

contemptible, despicable, miserable, nasty, pitiable, pitiful, scabby, scummy, scurvy, shameful, sorry
Near Antonyms of darn

commendable, creditable, laudable, praiseworthy

great, marvelous (or marvellous), wonderful

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