adjective
- used as a mild oath or exclamation to express annoyance, frustration, or emphasis; damned
Usage: informal; chiefly dialectal or regional (U.S.); euphemistic substitute for 'damn'
adverb
- used to intensify or emphasize an adjective or adverb; very, extremely
Usage: informal; chiefly dialectal or regional (U.S.)
interjection
- an exclamation used to express annoyance, surprise, or frustration
Usage: informal; chiefly dialectal or regional (U.S.); euphemistic
Examples
- That dadgum car won't start again!
- This is a dadgum mess.
- It's dadgum hot outside today.
- Dadgum, I forgot my keys!
- He's one dadgum stubborn fellow.
- The dadgum printer is broken again.
- That was a dadgum good meal.