darnation

[ dahr-ney-shuhn ]

/ dɑrˈneɪ ʃən /

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interjection, noun Informal.

damnation; hell: Darnation! Who took the last three hush puppies?He'll be condemned to eternal darnation.

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Origin of darnation

First recorded in 1795–1800; euphemistic alteration of damnation

I'll be darned to darnation if it didn't make my blood bile to hear how he went on.
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens
They raly du mean tu carry on all kinds of develtry; who'd a thought of finding one of these darnation lottery offices here.
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens
It goes with me every time, and I pray the good God of this darnation wilderness it always will.
The Heart of Unaga|Ridgwell Cullum
I'll be darned to darnation if I du, and that's the eend on't!
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens

The one wears you out, the other rests you for all his darnation foolishness.
The Ancient Law|Ellen Glasgow