blamed
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]blamed (not comparable)
- euphemism of damned (intensifier)
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202:
- “I left in a French steamer, and she called in every blamed port they have out there, for, as far as I could see, the sole purpose of landing soldiers and custom-house officers.”
- Burt L. Standish (Gilbert Patten)
- "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold.
"That's right," nodded Lewis Little. "He really wants to fight with swords, I believe."
- "He's a bad man—a blamed bad man!" fluttered Danny Griswold.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]blamed
- simple past and past participle of blame