'Darned' definitions:
Definition of 'darned'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
Definition of 'Darned'
From: GCIDE
- Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. [1913 Webster]
- He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Darning last. See under Last.
- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings.
- Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'darned'
From: GCIDE
- darned \darned\ adj. an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.
- Syn: blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, gosh-darned. [WordNet 1.5]