Definitions for darn
dɑrndarn

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's damnoun

   something of little value

   "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"

2. mend, patch, darnverb

   sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

   "her stockings had several mends"

3. darnverb

   repair by sewing

   "darn socks"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Darnverb

   To mend holes by imitating the texture of the stuff.

   Etymology: of uncertain original.

   Will she thy linen wash, or hosen darn? John Gay.

   He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings, which he performed to admiration. Jonathan Swift.

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1. darn

   Darn is a term often used as a more polite form of expressing disappointment or irritation, similar to 'damn'. It can also stand as a verb meaning to repair a hole in a fabric with sewing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darnverb

   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

2. Darnnoun

   a place mended by darning

3. Darnverb

   a colloquial euphemism for Damn

4. Etymology: [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Darn

   därn, v.t. to mend a hole by imitating the texture of the stuff.—n. the place darned.—n. Darn′ing-needle. [W. darn, a piece, a patch.]

2. Darn

   därn, v.i. a minced form of damn.

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1. DARN

   What does DARN stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DARN acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Repair
   • Worthlessness

Anagrams for darn »

1. rand

2. nard

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of darn in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of darn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of darn in a Sentence

1. Walter Dunn .:

   Even clinicians would have a difficult time diagnosing an excited delirium, when you employ ketamine you better be darn sure that this is excited delirium and not something else.

2. Joe Biden:

   I think age is a totally legitimate thing to raise, i think it's totally appropriate for people to look at me and say if I were to run for office again,' Well God darn you're old.' Well chronologically I am old.

3. Scott Olson:

   Flood insurance isn't going to cover this worth a darn. Federal Emergency Management Agency is worthless, they don't have any money, nobody has any money.

4. Quinton Lucas:

   Attacking the president for not being an Everyman is darn near impossible, so I think there is a search from my friends on the right for someone to fill that role, they’re trying with Secretary Buttigieg, but it is not working.

5. Joseph Ladapo:

   This fantasy that the federal leadership has painted that you can somehow stop this pandemic by just doing more testing – I’m waiting for more people to realize, it’s completely failed, there now have been published papers showing that all of those shutdowns and all of those quarantines hurt kids. And that is a darn shame… That is unacceptable. And we’re stopping it here in Florida.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=darn
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=darn
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darn
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=darn