adjective
- used to express mild annoyance or frustration
Usage: informal; euphemistic
Examples
- I can’t find my dratted keys anywhere.
- This dratted computer keeps freezing up.
- The dratted rain ruined our picnic plans.
- Where did I put that dratted phone?
- The dratted door is stuck again.
- I’ve been waiting for that dratted bus for twenty minutes.