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drat

[drat] / dræt /
INTERJECTION
darn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dang doggone
WEAK
confound it cripes damn it darnation gosh-darn
VERB
damn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
curse darn
STRONG
abuse anathematize attack ban banish blaspheme blast castigate censure confound convict criticize cuss doom excommunicate excoriate execrate expel flame imprecate jinx objurgate pan penalize proscribe punish revile sentence slam swear
WEAK
cast out complain of cry down denunciate fulminate against inveigle against object to thunder against
Antonyms
STRONG
admit allow approve benefit compliment defend exonerate include laud permit praise protect reward welcome
WEAK
bless cherish commend elevate exalt favor glorify promote

Example Sentences

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OK — so we’d at least get up to that bend in the trail to take a peek … and … drat!

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2019

But as might be expected in the cat-and-mouse game that is the run-up to the drat, he also said the team could well stay use its first-round pick at number 21.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2019

Video has surfaced of the arrest over the weekend of Seahawks' top drat pick Malik McDowell.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2017

Arnold said, or some variant of drat, and threw his shoes and clubs in the suddenly quiet locker room.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 23, 2010

“I don’t want to hear it any more. You sing it very well, but I drat want it again. Uncurl, you idiot, and tell me where you learned to sing.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.