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How to pronounce darn in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms damn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn
Type of worthlessness, ineptitude
Type Words
Synonyms mend, patch
Type of stitchery, sewing
Type Words
Type of furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on, bushel, doctor, fix
Derivation darner, darning


darn socks.

Examples of darn

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Valuations on a few select private tech startups are pretty darn high right now.
From the techcrunch.com
Still, you have to wonder why so many of us do it and why it feels so darn good.
From the newscientist.com
Oh, Gene Chizik means well, and gosh darn it, the Cyclones try hard, but really?
From the kansas.com
Say want you want about Walt, but he had some pretty darn good offenses at Pitt.
From the post-gazette.com
After all, these are people who will stand in line to see Beth Flynn darn socks.
From the denverpost.com
One newcomer is Marlow's Tavern, an upscale-casual eatery with a darn good menu.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Puff up your own ego for personal gratification, without achieving a darn thing.
From the guardian.co.uk
After all, you probably won't be eating the darn thing for at least three hours.
From the edition.cnn.com
The weekend has been too darn hot to do anything but watch DVDs of the Sopranos.
From the badlanguage.net
More examples
  • Damn: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
  • Repair by sewing; "darn socks"
  • Mend: sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment); "her stockings had several mends"
  • (darned) blasted: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; ...
  • (darning) the act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads
  • Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting using needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. ...
  • Euphemism of damn; Damn; Damned; Damn
  • (darned) A minced oath for damned; Damned, extremely
  • (Darning) needles have a blunt tip and large eye, similar to tapestry needles, but are longer, with a yarn darners being the heaviest with very large eyes to thread yarn. Various types, with sizes ranging from 1-18.