dagnab
Folksy frustrated exclamation
Dagnab is a mild oath expressing frustration or annoyance, a euphemism for "goddamn": Dagnab it, I left my wallet at home.
The word sounds folksy and old-fashioned, associated with rural American speech.
Variants include dagnabbit and the adjective dagnabbed: That dagnabbed dog got into the trash again.
Euphemistic rural exclamation
- doggoneFolksy mild expletive
- dadgumFolksy mild oath
- tarnationMild rural curse
- goldarnitEuphemistic rural expletive
gosh · heck · blast · confound · drat · fiddlesticks · shucks · criminy
Rural mountain dweller stereotype
- countrySovereign state or territory
- rusticRural and unrefined
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- homespunPlain and unpretentious
colloquial · vernacular · dialect · old-timer · grandpa · rural · down-home · cracker-barrel
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
- censoredSuppressed from publication
- mincedCut into tiny pieces
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
family-friendly · polite · substitute · replacement · softened · mild · inoffensive · printable
dagnabbit
Euphemistic rural exclamation
goldarnit · gosh · heck · blast · confound · drat · fiddlesticks · shucks · criminy · jeepers
hillbilly
Rural mountain dweller stereotype
homespun · colloquial · vernacular · dialect · old-timer · grandpa · rural · down-home · cracker-barrel · cornpone
goddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
bowdlerized · family-friendly · polite · substitute · replacement · softened · mild · inoffensive · printable · radio-friendly
dagnabfucking
Obscene emphatic modifier
bloody · effing · freaking · modern slang · street language