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- DictionaryDarned/därnd/
adjective
- 1. euphemism for damned informal North American
to mend with interlacing stitches; to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches; to do darning… See the full definition
Darned definition: irritating; damned; confounded. See examples of DARNED used in a sentence.
DARNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of darn 2. to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long…. Learn more.
darn. verb [ T ] uk/dɑːn/us/dɑːrn/. to repair a hole or a piece of clothing with long stitches across the hole and other stitches across them: She still darns the holes in her socks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Knitting & sewing. appliqué. appliquéd.
1. condemned or doomed, esp. to eternal punishment. 2. detestable; loathsome: Get that damned dog out of here! 3. complete; absolute; utter: a damned nuisance. adv. 4. extremely; very; absolutely: a damned good singer; too damned lazy. [1350–1400]
1. irritating; damned; confounded. Get that darned bicycle out of the driveway! adverb. 2. very; extremely; remarkably. She's a darned good detective. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
darn. noun [ C ] us / dɑːrn / uk / dɑːn /. a place in a piece of clothing where it has been repaired by darning: She runs her finger over the darn to check its smoothness. Today she wore her oldest jeans, and a sagging sweater with darns in the elbows. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
4 meanings: 1. to mend (a hole or a garment) with a series of crossing or interwoven stitches 2. a patch of darned work on a.... Click for more definitions.
(informal, especially North American English) used to show that you are surprised about something. Well, I’ll be darned! They knew about it all the time! See darn in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: darn. Definition of darn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
verb (used with or without object) to mend (torn clothing, especially of knitted fabric) with rows of stitches, sometimes by crossing and interweaving rows to span a gap: At the sound of my greeting, Grandma looked up and stopped darning the sock, holding her arms out for a hug.
