drat
Polite frustration word
Drat is a little-used and old-fashioned exclamation that expresses a sudden, negative emotion.
Repair by weaving
- blastSudden forceful burst
- ratsLong-tailed urban pests
- shucksFolksy expression of disappointment
- cursesSworn oaths or hexes
fiddlesticks · phooey · heck · dang · shoot · doggone · confound · dagnabbit
State of being bothered
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
- aggravationState of being vexed
bother · nuisance · peeve · irk · chagrin · dismay · pique · botheration
Belonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- retroEvoking recent past
- antiquatedOld and outdated
genteel · euphemistic · polite · inoffensive · family-friendly · sanitized · bowdlerized · wholesome
darn
Repair by weaving
curses · fiddlesticks · phooey · heck · dang · shoot · doggone · confound · dagnabbit · bother
annoyance
State of being bothered
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- exasperationIntense weary annoyance
- vexationFrustrated annoyance
aggravation · bother · nuisance · peeve · irk · chagrin · dismay · pique · botheration · consternation
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
antiquated · genteel · euphemistic · polite · inoffensive · family-friendly · sanitized · bowdlerized · wholesome
- oopsoops, whoops, whoopsie, oopsie, woopsie
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- Victorian Exclamationsby Jove, good heavens, good gracious, goodness gracious, bless my soul
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- Mild Oathsdarn, gosh, heck, shoot, dang
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth