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
Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
More holes had been worn through the holes that had been darned.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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
If only that darned Joseph Stalin hadn’t come along.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
More holes had been worn through the holes that had been darned.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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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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
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Volcanoes, like stars and tides and changing seasons, don’t give a damn.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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So many years, so many ideas, all stitched into one dress.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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An Oregon family alleged in a $100 million lawsuit that their 18-year-old son died from an infection after doctors at a Corvallis hospital did not remove pine needles and debris from his wound before stitching it up.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
12 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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The horror feature draws on a Vietnamese urban legend about a cursed Saigon apartment block from the 1990s, following an estranged young man who returns home to discover his mother is possessed.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Welcome indeed to Widow’s Bay, both the island located 40 miles off the coast of New England and the fantastic Apple TV+ series about that (possibly) (probably) (come on, definitely) cursed island.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But repairing one's image is easier said than done.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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City Public Works crews worked all day and late into the night to repair the break.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
Verb
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The fresh sheets, sewn closed at the bottom, cocoon passengers in a sleeping bag-style shell, with the blanket above for extra warmth.—
Emily Manthei,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
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Next week, the surface’s seams will be stitched together by a Zamboni-like machine that sews the slabs together.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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