doggone

[ dawg-gawn, -gon, dog- ]
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verb (used with object),dog·goned, dog·goning.
  1. to damn: Doggone your silly advice!

adjective,superlative dog·gon·est.
  1. Also doggoned. damned; confounded: a doggone fool; Well, I'll be doggoned.

adverb
  1. Also doggoned. damned: He's a doggone poor sport.

Origin of doggone

1
1850–55, Americanism; perhaps from dog on it! euphemistic alteration of God damned

Words Nearby doggone

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How to use doggone in a sentence

  • Youre company, I know, but theres some things that goes too doggone fur.

    Cursed | George Allan England
  • doggone it, Freddy, the thing is just too open and shut, as far as we're concerned.

    Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney Bowen
  • Colonel, he pleaded, Ive been in this doggone army more than a year.

British Dictionary definitions for doggone

doggone

/ (ˈdɒɡɒn) US and Canadian informal /


interjection
  1. an exclamation of annoyance, disappointment, etc

adjective, adverb(prenominal)
  1. Also: doggoned another word for damn (def. 3), damn (def. 4)

Origin of doggone

1
C19: euphemism for God damn

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