darned

(adjective, verb, adverb)

adjective

1. expletives used informally as intensifiers

- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing

Similar word(s): cursed, curst, blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, infernal

adverb

1. (degree) Damned, extremely

- That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?

- He is do darned pig-headed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of darn See etymology 1 ‎(“damn”) and etymology 2 ‎(“mend”)