darned 1 of 2

adjective

variants also durned
as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure the darned computer is broken

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darned

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verb

past tense of darn
as in stitched
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand

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Recent Examples of darned
Adjective
SpaceX’s stock is soggy because there is just so darned much of it about to hit the market. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026 Heck, as recently as 2023 Cinderella took over the whole darned Final Four, with the Miami Hurricanes, FAU and San Diego State barging in. — Greg Cote updated March 23, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026 The first revelation was apparently fine, but her mom blamed those darned permissive Jesuits at Holy Cross for the second. — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 13 Dec. 2025 Within days, the magic of agricultural alchemy will turn it all into the best darned fertilizer since God invented the chicken. — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025 Let’s cruise another groomer and try to remember how to make a gosh darned turn. — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 2 Dec. 2025 An allied assertion is that if AI generates foul code, tell the AI to get its act together and fix the darned stuff. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 America’s sweetheart doesn’t need any more good press from anyone—I’d bet my fortune that she could be elected Queen of Tennessee, Constitution-be-darned, if elections were held today. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Verb
Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 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 More holes had been worn through the holes that had been darned. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 The Triumph was, and still is, honest, authentic, and darned-near bulletproof. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for darned
  1. freaking
  2. stitched
  3. cursed
  4. sutured
  5. darn
  6. repaired
  7. awful
  8. terrible
Adjective
  • That little freaking weasel kept me on my toes the whole game.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And that's what Simon hasn't learned how to do yet, which is to just go and get a freaking life.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of freaking
Verb
  • Leather lining brings a more premium interior, with the material used for a tongue patch stitched onto the furry tongue.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The peplum, in fact, was one of the week’s quiet constants, turning up sculpted here and stitched into shirting at Balenciaga.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of stitched
Adjective
  • The cursed island town in Widow’s Bay has summoned all kinds of supernatural entities, much to the dismay of its residents.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Circus of the Damned — An evil ringmaster tries to restore his cursed carnival with a new cast of clowns.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of cursed
Verb
  • 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
  • The surgeon sutured the wounds but knew the arm would have to be amputated.
    — Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of sutured
Adjective
  • There's just so many darn aesthetics that should stay back there.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • August 29, 2025 Bravo Expect to find the freshest scallops, shrimp, and a darn good natural leaning wine list to match.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of darn
Verb
  • The State Russian Museum revealed that the museum’s specialists repaired areas of peeling, applying primer and paint across the entire surface of the canvas and completed the restoration with a varnish coating.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For one, the report did not disclose the kinds of items its survey respondents repaired.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of repaired
Adjective
  • He was held back by something else, a feeling that some awful truth about his familiar, beloved world was now being revealed to him.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • His death was already sudden and awful, and the call was jarring and unexpected.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • Platforms prefill a name, email and phone number so a user can submit in one tap without leaving the feed, which is wonderful for a consumer promotion and terrible for a six-figure investment.
    — Jonathan Durante, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Saddled with terrible reviews and negative word-of-mouth, Tom Cruise‘s absurdist dark comedy has cratered at the box office with $8 million in North America and $20 million globally in its first weekend of release.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of terrible

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“Darned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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