doggone

[ dawg-gawn, -gon, dog- ]

verb (used with object)

, dog·goned, dog·goning.

1. to damn:

   Doggone your silly advice!

adjective

, superlative dog·gon·est.

1. Also damned; confounded:

   a doggone fool; Well, I'll be doggoned.

adverb

1. Also damned:

   He's a doggone poor sport.

doggone

/ ˈdɒɡɒn /

interjection

1. an exclamation of annoyance, disappointment, etc

adjective

1. Alsodoggoned another word for damn damn

Word History and Origins

Origin of doggone¹

1850–55, Americanism; perhaps from dog on it! euphemistic alteration of God damned

Word History and Origins

Origin of doggone¹

C19: euphemism for God damn

Example Sentences

Those kinds of debates will keep the spotlight on the MAGA-specific behaviors that most Americans consider pretty doggone weird, from the intense obsession with other people's bodies and sex lives to the pod-people cult of the modern-day Republican Party to Trump's old-school racist skull-measuring impulses.

From Salon

This week’s Slate News Quiz is doggone good.

From Slate

“Dagnabbit! We ain’t them grand wizards! See, I keep telling y’all we need to change the doggone name. I’m sick of being associated with them fools.”

From Literature

“Gideon and I. Then over there by the haystack something clamped down on my tail. I shot away—like a rocket. I didn’t feel a doggone thing. But when I looked back...there it was, starting to coil, with my tail in its mouth and its eyes staring.”

From Literature

“When I first started coming, they were very standoffish. Now most of them are pretty doggone friendly,” Olivio said.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• darned
• lousy