dratted

[ drat-id ]
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adjective
  1. damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.

Origin of dratted

1
First recorded in 1855–60; drat + -ed2

Words Nearby dratted

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How to use dratted in a sentence

  • How's I ergwine ter hole de fort wid de ammynishun in de dratted crick?

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
  • But for de dratted fence ole Pomp nebber let um reach um own tree.

    The Hunters' Feast | Mayne Reid
  • "And none of they dratted bones, neither," said William, with emphasis.

    Ravenshoe | Henry Kingsley
  • I will so, but it's a dratted shame as you should shoulder everybody's troubles, that it is.

    The Definite Object | Jeffery Farnol
  • I didn't care nothin' about the dratted early blacks, but he didn't seem to care for nothin' else.

    Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for dratted

dratted

/ (ˈdrætɪd) /


adjective
  1. (prenominal) informal wretched; annoying

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