exclamation
- used to express annoyance, surprise, or emphasis
Usage: informal; euphemistic substitute for ‘damnation’
noun
- damnation; hell
Usage: informal; euphemistic
Examples
- What in tarnation is going on here?
- Where in tarnation did I put my keys?
- Tarnation! I forgot to turn off the stove.
- He doesn’t give a tarnation about what others think.
- That’s the strangest thing in all tarnation.
- Tarnation, this traffic is terrible!