darnation
[ dahr-ney-shuhn ]
interjection, nounInformal.
damnation; hell: Darnation! Who took the last three hush puppies?He'll be condemned to eternal darnation.
Origin of darnation
1First recorded in 1795–1800; euphemistic alteration of damnation
Words Nearby darnation
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How to use darnation in a sentence
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. StephensThey 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. StephensIt goes with me every time, and I pray the good God of this darnation wilderness it always will.
The Heart of Unaga | Ridgwell CullumI'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. StephensThe one wears you out, the other rests you for all his darnation foolishness.
The Ancient Law | Ellen Glasgow
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