What does doggone mean?
Doggone means (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned..
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/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/ · adjective
(US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned..
I lost my doggone keys again!
"Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"
Doggone! I lost my keys again.
[…] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.
Use doggone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doggone means (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I lost my doggone keys again!
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