deuced

American  

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

adjective

1. devilish; confounded; damned.

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adverb

1. deucedly.

deuced British  

/ ˈdjuːsɪd, djuːst /

adjective

1. (intensifier, usually qualifying something undesirable) damned; confounded

   he's a deuced idiot

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adverb

1. (intensifier)

   deuced good luck

Other Word Forms

• deucedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of deuced

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

Example Sentences

Only the other day the Prime Minister himself said, 'Talbot, you're becoming a deuced bore about that voyage of yours.'

From Time Magazine Archive

It's a hard thing having money! a deuced hard thing!

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

Oh, I say, Vanulm," he drawled, "don't be in such a deuced hurry to get their coin.

From Loaded Dice by Clark, Ellery H.

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

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton

If Hemsworth goes on giving that girl a hold over him, he will find himself deuced uncomfortable one of these days.

From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary