drat

Definition

To damn or curse.

Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Example Sentences

• "Drat you and your evil schemes!"
• "Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police."
• ""Drat that saw-dust, although I shouldn't forget it is the mill that feeds me and mine, but I get so wild when I think of the big fellows I have landed here in days gone by.""