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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And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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In comedy, no one gives a damn.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Two men sat on either side of her, one in a hat with WHO RESCUED WHO stitched across it and the other wearing a pearl-button shirt.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The system then stitches these submaps together into one coherent 3D model, allowing a robot to move quickly while maintaining spatial accuracy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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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But his players got a hoot out of the whole thing.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Treatment typically starts with clipping the fur around the injury, cleaning the area and, if needed, suturing the skin.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The travelogue portion of Walking the Bypass is sutured, sometimes maladroitly, to a history of the Crown’s abuses of Indigenous peoples.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a fine line between lucky and cursed, however, and Pulisic is straddling it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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Feld debuted in West Town at what seemed to be a cursed space in June 2024.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Verb
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The fence was still being built, repaired and replaced in some areas.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Dec. 2025
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The number of ambiguous, tough-minded docs may be dwindling, but the tools to repair a broken world are growing.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The boat, which is currently on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, is made up of a bottom plank sewn together with two side planks, and a curved extension at each end.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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Cut two star shapes out of the felt (feel free to use a stencil), sew them together with string (leaving a small hole to fill the shape with stuffing), and fill it up with polymer before closing the star up.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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