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dratted

[ drat-id ]

adjective

  1. damned; confounded (used as a mild oath):

    This dratted car won't start.



dratted

/ ˈ»å°ùæ³Ùɪ»å /

adjective

  1. informal.
    prenominal wretched; annoying
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Origin of dratted1

First recorded in 1855–60; drat + -ed 2
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I had spent a lot of guilt and grief over the death of those dratted cats.

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Not sure how I actually managed to get the dratted thing down.

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“Dratted antiaircraft guns in Angers. The tail’s been hit. I think it was flak, not a night fighter, or we’d be dead. We don’t stand a chance against a Messerschmitt 110.â€

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Was also developing a splitting headache, anxious about Julie, and wondering why they didn’t just set the dratted plane on fire and get it over with.

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I am still unbelievably sore—not from the crash but from holding the dratted plane in level flight all during that final hour.

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