gosh darn
Mild frustrated oath
Gosh darn is a mild oath expressing frustration, surprise, or emphasis, substituting for "goddamn" to avoid blasphemy: Gosh darn it, I left my wallet at home.
The phrase sounds folksy and old-fashioned, often used around children or in situations where stronger language would be inappropriate.
Also appears as gosh-darn or goshdarn.
- inoffensiveCausing no displeasure
- exclamationForceful sudden utterance
- dadgumFolksy mild oath
- dag nabbitEuphemistic oath of frustration
- doggoneFolksy mild expletive
euphemism · interjection · drat · substitute · land sakes · exasperation · for Pete's sake · gentle · goodness gracious · oh my goodness · holy moly · golly · fiddlesticks · gee whiz · blazes · tame · bewilderment · harmless
- minced oathsheck, shoot, dang, fudge, freakin
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
gosh darngoddamn
Profane intensifier expressing frustration
damn · fucking · god damn it · shit · hell
gosh darnfucking
Obscene emphatic modifier
goddamn · bloody hell · motherfucking · what the hell · son of a gun
gosh, darn, darns, darned, darning, darnation, damn, damns, damned