View synonyms for doggone

doggone

[ dawg-gawn, -gon, dog- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, dog·goned, dog·goning.

, superlative dog·gon·est.

doggone

/ ˈdɒɡɒn /

Origin of doggone¹

1850–55, Americanism; perhaps from dog on it! euphemistic alteration of God damned

Origin of doggone¹

C19: euphemism for God damn

Reid told his Nevada constituents last week that was a “pretty doggone good idea.”

They were limited rights, but doggone it, it was a beginning.

I let him hang around, because he was so doggone interested.

Well, sir, it can draw a conveyance, but its doggone poor at it.

Youre company, I know, but theres some things that goes too doggone fur.

Doggone it, Freddy, the thing is just too open and shut, as far as we're concerned.

Colonel, he pleaded, Ive been in this doggone army more than a year.

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