durned

[ durnd ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. darned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of durned¹

durn + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Or as the Stranger in the Coens’ “The Big Lebowski” puts it, “That’s the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin’ itself, down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands of time until — aw, look at me, I’m ramblin’ again.”

From New York Times

But durned if he didn’t unholster that squinty-eyed, chest-forward ’tude that the folks still love.

From Slate

That durned tassel thing tickle my nose, but I didn’t scratch it or nothing.

From Literature

When I once complained about this to the branch manager, I was treated like a dotty old man in a shopping mall who’s ranting about how the escalators go too durned fast.

From Washington Post

You feel as though you really should be carrying around one of those giant ear trumpets and shaking your fist at durned youngsters who sass their elders, consarn it.

From Washington Post