hanged

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/ˈhæŋd//ˈheɪ̯ŋd//ˈhɛ̃ŋd/

adjective

damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

“I'm hanged if I know how to get the idea through his thick skull!”

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastlawsimple past and past participle of hang (now only when referring to the method of execution, elsewhere hung is used)

    The Londoners seeing that they could get no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open places of the city in sign of reproach, as for a traitor; […]

    1841, John Foxe, The History of John Wickliffe, page 21
adjectivehanged (not comparable)
  1. euphemisticinformalnot comparabledamned (as an intensifier or vehement denial)

    I'm hanged if I know how to get the idea through his thick skull!

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hanged

tanged
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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