as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
we need to go shovel the dang snow again
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as in damn
to a great degree
we've driven too dang far to turn around now
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as in to darn
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Recent Examples of dang
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
Raye is topping global charts and looking dang good while doing it.
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Elise Tabin,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
The triplex, which has five terraces, eight balconies, and six wood-burning fireplaces, seems like a much better investment than that dang ferry.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
18 Dec. 2025
Chip shows the video to Alex, who, not knowing what else to do and feeling pretty dang guilty about not signing the travel docs to cover for her, hands the video over to UBN legal, Celine, and Ben.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Just give us the dang horses next year.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
Raye is topping global charts and looking dang good while doing it.
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Elise Tabin,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
The triplex, which has five terraces, eight balconies, and six wood-burning fireplaces, seems like a much better investment than that dang ferry.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
18 Dec. 2025
Chip shows the video to Alex, who, not knowing what else to do and feeling pretty dang guilty about not signing the travel docs to cover for her, hands the video over to UBN legal, Celine, and Ben.
—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dang
Adjective
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There’s gonna be some comedy at the beginning and then there’s gonna be freaking reggaeton!
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That itself should be a freaking movie.
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Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
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Williams is too young to be this damn good.
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Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work.
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Eaton delivered a great quarter; Tuesday’s price action in the stock be darned.
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The two answer a royal summons to investigate a cursed palace whose secrets even the King cannot speak of openly.
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For years, a static skeletal figure sat atop a cursed pile of gold, but now, his story is coming to life thanks to the latest in Audio-Animatronic technology.
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Listening to Gish, recently reissued on vinyl for its 35th anniversary, is a good reminder that the Smashing Pumpkins started out a damned fine rock band.
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But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
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That restraint also challenges the idea that sauvignon blanc must be extremely aromatic to be recognizable.
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Superconductors can carry electricity with zero resistance, but only at extremely low temperatures.
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But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.
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Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
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Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.
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Music icon Taylor Swift and football star Travis Kelce, who announced their engagement in August 2025, are anticipated to tie the knot very soon.
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“Dang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dang. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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