doggone

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UK/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/Atlantic Canada, US/ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/Australia/ˈdɔɡ.ɔn/New Zealand[ˈdɔ̟ɡ.ɔ̟n]

verb

To damn; to curse.

“I lost my doggone keys again!”

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Meanings

adjectivedoggone (no comparative, superlative doggonest)

superlative doggonest · alternative daggone · alternative doggoned

  1. USdialectaleuphemisticno comparativeEuphemistic form of goddamned.

    I lost my doggone keys again!

    1 more example

    "Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"

    1849, Emerson Bennett, Leni-Leoti; or, Adventures in the Far West
interjection

alternative daggone · alternative doggoned

  1. USdialectaleuphemisticEuphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.

    Doggone! I lost my keys again.

verbdoggone (third-person singular simple present doggones, present participle doggoning, simple past and past participle doggoned)

present singular third person doggones · participle present doggoning · participle past doggoned · past doggoned · alternative daggone · alternative doggoned

  1. USdialectalTo damn; to curse.

    […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.

    1915, The Scoop, volume 4, page 247

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
damnedliving

Origin

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

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Translations

French sacré
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German verflixt
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Italian governo ladro
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Cite this entry
APA

doggone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggone

MLA

“doggone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doggone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doggone.

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