darn
/dɑɹn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.61 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Damn.
adv
intj
Damn.
noun
Damn.
Example Sentences
- "But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot"
- "Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being pretty darn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb."
- "His opinion isn't worth a darn."
- "I need to darn these socks again."
- "He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, or darning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration."
- "Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes ? She's not."
Etymology
A minced oath of damn.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰer-, dernen, diernan, *darnijan, *darnī
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɑɹn/
- British English: /dɑːn/