Synonyms of darn

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noun

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!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damn
• hoot
• whit
• lick
• fig
• syllable
• modicum
• rap
• jot
• beans
• iota
• whoop
• diddly
• bupkes
• tittle
• ghost
• continental
• squat
• bupkus
• diddly-squat
• bubkes
• doodly-squat
• little
• doodley-squat
• pin
• ounce
• ray
• shred
• semblance
• streak
• peanuts
• smidgen
• particle
• mite
• suspicion
• bit
• touch
• sprinkling
• spot
• smidge
• scrap
• glimmer
• speck
• smidgin
• hint
• ace
• smidgeon
• strain
• scruple
• crumb
• nip
• dab
• shade
• skosh
• snap
• shadow
• driblet
• trace

darn

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verb

ˈdärn 

as in to stitch

to close up with a series of interlacing stitches

in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stitch
• suture
• repair
• sew
• patch
• finish
• overcast
• fell
• baste
• embroider
• ease
• knit
• mend
• crochet
• quilt
• cross-stitch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsew

darn

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adjective

ˈdärn 

variants also durn

as in cursed

deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure

I can't seem to tie this darn shoe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cursed
• darned
• freaking
• dang
• terrible
• damnable
• doggone
• infernal
• durned
• danged
• doggoned
• accursed
• blasted
• deuced
• awful
• shameful
• confounded
• curst
• bum
• cussed
• accurst
• rotten
• lousy
• detestable
• nasty
• atrocious
• vile
• pitiful
• abominable
• odious
• execrable
• wretched
• punk
• sorry
• miserable
• scabby
• pitiable
• contemptible
• despicable
• scurvy
• scummy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commendable
• creditable
• great
• wonderful
• marvelous
• laudable
• marvellous
• praiseworthy

Examples of darn in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Election be darned, no problem there — most voters have already made up their minds anyway. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024

Actors lived their best lives Saturday night at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards – giving each other trophies and looking darned good doing so. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024

Looking ahead to 2024’s release calendar does not inspire the same amount of confidence, but there will always be things to watch and stream — and some of those things might even be good, gosh darn it. —James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024

Each one has been accompanied by proclamations that making machines truly intelligent is just too darned hard for humans to figure out. —Will Knight, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023