as in damn
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!
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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
Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
If only that darned Joseph Stalin hadn’t come along.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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
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Verb
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
If only that darned Joseph Stalin hadn’t come along.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Just get the darn curler and invoke Hathor!
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darn
Noun
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In comedy, no one gives a damn.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Drop some of the races on tracks no one gives a damn about and showcase the old school tracks, Bristol, Talladega and Daytona get three races a season.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
Verb
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This 10-day private yacht voyage by Kensington Expeditions stitches the whole picture together.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
Footwear News,
23 May 2026
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There are more of those flash-photography scenes and whole sequences that play in black-and-white, stitched into the fabric of the film with matter-of-fact unshowiness by editor Nicolas Rumpl.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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
Noun
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Take The Kids To Tweetsie This nostalgic, Wild-West theme park is fun for younger kids and a hoot for adults, too.—
Leigh Ann Henion,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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Aziza Scott is a hoot as Anna’s pregnant best friend/real-talk Greek chorus of sorts, and Coiro herself doles out zingers as a random tourist on a bus.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The nerves can be sutured back together to minimize pain, Bank said, but most breast surgeons haven’t been trained to do this.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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After witnessing so much destruction, Bear locks himself in the bathroom and tries to end the cursed wish by killing himself.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Instead, the book is closed on one of the most cursed years any franchise has ever endured.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
Verb
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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In this case, Russia has been able to fill a major gap in its drone arsenal by recovering battle-damaged and captured Ukrainian Baba Yaga drones, quickly repairing them, and returning them to the battlefield.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Additional period-accurate details include a center back leather patch, a single back pocket, 1873 patent rivets, sew-on buttons, a watch pocket sewn on top of the waistband, denim pocket bags, and leather washers behind the rivets.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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The Skins are skin suits, not dissimilar to what Buffalo Bill was sewing in The Silence of the Lambs, and the people wearing them work for the Forge Democracy Think Tank with which Christie is affiliated.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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