Definitions

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

All drat could be hoped for now was that the end of their journey had come quickly and mercifully in that wilderness.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

drat

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