darn

1. euphemisticnot comparableDamn.

   Synonyms: damned

1. euphemisticnot comparabledegreeDamned.

   But I ain't up to my baby tonight / 'Cause it's too darn hot

   1948, Cole Porter, “Too Darn Hot”

   1 more example

   Of the two episodes, “Mortshall” is slightly weaker, while still being pretty darn good. I spent a lot of this season bemoaning the weaker entries, and like I said last time, it’s shit like this that makes me complain when stuff gets super dumb.

   2021 September 6, Zack Handlen, “Rick And Morty ends its fifth season looking for an escape hatch”, in AV Club

1. euphemisticDamn.

   Synonyms: dammit

present singular third person darns · participle present darning · participle past darned · past darned

1. euphemistictransitiveDamn.

   Synonyms: dang, damn

plural darns

1. euphemisticDamn.

   His opinion isn't worth a darn.

present singular third person darns · participle present darning · participle past darned · past darned

1. transitivebusinessTo 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.

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   He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, or darning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration.

   a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 116

   Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes ? She's not.

   1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 141

plural darns

1. A place mended by darning.