dashed

1. participlepastpast participle of dash

comparative more dashed · superlative most dashed

1. Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

   Synonyms: broken

2. UKdatedeuphemisticinformalDamned.

   It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.

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   I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.

   1824 May 15, “Kiddywinkle History, No. II”, in Blackwood's Magazine, page 540

   I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

   1939, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 8, in Uncle Fred in the Springtime

   Synonyms: darned