a doggone shame

colloquial Something that is quite regrettable or unfortunate. It was a doggone shame what those vandals did to the mural outside city hall. I heard about your company going under. I'm so sorry, Tom—it's a doggone shame. The kids were so excited for our beach vacation, and then it rained every single day. Talk about a doggone shame.

doggone

A mild substitution for "goddamn" or "damn." I have so much doggone homework tonight, ugh. I can't believe we lost that doggone game. It was a doggone shame what those vandals did to the mural outside city hall.

doggone it

interjection

1. An exclamation of anger, exasperation, or irritation. A mild substitution for "goddamn it" or "damn it." A: "Oh, doggone it!" B: "What is it?" A: "Oh, this darn thing broke again." How did I miss that important phone call? Doggone it! Oh, doggone it—I dropped another screw.

2. Used to add emphasis to something that one is saying. I just want to go to the bar for a drink with my buddies, doggone it! Is that too much to ask? Gosh, this is the first sunny day we've had in a while. Doggone it, I might just go out for a bicycle ride later! I just couldn't stand the way she kept nagging me over the way I behaved. I was in my own house, doggone it!

doggoned

A mild substitution for "goddamned" or "damn." I have so much doggoned homework tonight, ugh. I can't believe we lost that doggoned game. I'm so sick of all this doggoned rain we've been having!

doggone(d)

(ˈdɔˈgɔn(d))

mod. darn(ed); damn(ed). I sort of wish my hooter wasn’t so doggone big.

doggone

verb

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