darn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)n

Etymology 1

Alteration of damn

Adjective

darn (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• damned

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

damn

Finnish: kirottu, pahuksen, viheliäinen

Adverb

darn (not comparable)

1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

Interjection

darn

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• See also dammit

Derived terms

• darn tootin'

Translations

damn

Finnish: pahus (fi), hitto (fi) Hungarian: a fenébe, a francba, a fene egye meg

Russian: блин (ru)

Verb

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive) Euphemism of damn.

Synonyms

• dang
• damn

Translations

euphemistic

Finnish: kirota (fi), sadatella (fi)

Spanish: mecachis (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dierne (“secret”), from Proto-Germanic *darnijaz (“secret”). More at dern.

Verb

Darning.

darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive) (sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

   I need to darn these socks again.

Related terms

• darning needle

Translations

stitch with thread

Bulgarian: замрежвам (bg), закърпвам (bg) Dutch: stoppen (nl) Finnish: parsia (fi) French: repriser (fr)

Hungarian: stoppol (hu) Russian: штопать (ru) Spanish: zurcir (es) Swedish: stoppa (sv)

Anagrams

• nard
• rand, Rand, RAND
• rDNA