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darn

exclamation
 
 
/dɑːn/ US  /dɑːrn/ informal

Definition

used instead of damn to express anger: Darn it! There goes my bus!Expressions of anger darn
 
 
adjective [before noun], adverb (also darned) informal
Getting off the bus while it was moving was a darn stupid thing to do.Very and extremeComplete and wholeIntensifying expressions
(Definition of darn exclamation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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