deuced

American

[doo-sid, dyoo-, doost, dyoost] / ˈdu sɪd, ˈdyu-, dust, dyust /

adjective

devilish; confounded; damned.

adverb

deucedly.

deuced British

/ ˈdjuːsɪd, djuːst /

adjective

(intensifier, usually qualifying something undesirable) damned; confounded

he's a deuced idiot

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adverb

(intensifier)

deuced good luck

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Other Word Forms

deucedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of deuced

First recorded in 1775–1785; deuce ² + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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Well, it may be all right for you; but it seems deuced uncomfortable to me.

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I feel I haven't explained properly how sorry I am, but it's so deuced hard in a letter.

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It is a good thing,—a deuced good thing! and I promise you, if I were a marrying man, you 'd have a competitor.

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"Faith! then, Master Fred, I was deuced near doing it,—so near, that when I came away I scarcely knew whether I had or had not done so."

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There had been boating and swimming and tennis and "a deuced pretty girl" down there at the resort where he had been recuperating, and yet he was glad to be back.

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