• (America) IPA: /dɑɹn/
• (New England) IPA: /daːn/
• (RP) IPA: /dɑːn/

A minced oath of damn.

darn (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

• See Thesaurus:damned

darn (not comparable)

1. (degree, euphemistic) Damned.

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

• See Thesaurus:dammit

darn (darns, present participle darning; simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive, euphemism) damn.

• dang
• damn

darn (plural darns)

1. (euphemism) damn.

   His opinion isn't worth a darn.

From Middle English dernen, from Old English diernan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī.

darn (darns, present participle darning; simple past and past participle darned)

1. (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

   I need to darn these socks again.

   • a. 1746 (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume V, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC ↗, page 116 ↗:

     He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in reading his courses, dozing, clipping papers, or darning his stockings; which last he performed to admiration.

   • 1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC ↗, page 141 ↗:

     Does Mother imagine for one moment that she is going to darn all those stockings knotted up on the quilt like a coil of snakes ? She's not.

• darning needle

• French: repriser
• German: stopfen
• Italian: rammendare
• Portuguese: remendar, cerzir
• Russian: што́пать
• Spanish: zurcir, surcir

darn (plural darns)

1. A place mended by darning.