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also durn
as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
I can't seem to tie this darn shoe
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Recent Examples of darn
Just get the darn curler and invoke Hathor!
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Fiona Landers, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Helles Real won this whole darn thing in 2023, so that 2 seed is well-earned.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2026
Long story short, a teenaged Bolles was on a grueling mountain hike with his troop, and his elders challenged him to finish the darn thing.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
Gwath has shown flashes of his potential this year, but his progress was slowed coming off the injury — particularly because of that darn brace.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Fiona Landers, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Helles Real won this whole darn thing in 2023, so that 2 seed is well-earned.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2026
Long story short, a teenaged Bolles was on a grueling mountain hike with his troop, and his elders challenged him to finish the darn thing.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
Gwath has shown flashes of his potential this year, but his progress was slowed coming off the injury — particularly because of that darn brace.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darn
Adjective
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There’s gonna be some comedy at the beginning and then there’s gonna be freaking reggaeton!—
Suzy Exposito,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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That itself should be a freaking movie.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The penalty shootout is a cursed affliction when the roulette wheel fails you, and that was Arsenal’s fate here.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Before his arrival, PSG almost seemed cursed in this competition and was unable to get over the line almost to the point of ridicule – then stepped in this visionary Spanish genius.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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