Doggone
Doggone adjective - Deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure.
Usage example: yet another doggone problem in the phone lines
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Real life Marine Corps Drill Instructors are trained to limit their use of profanity and often use euphemisms (though ones considerably less humorous than those described for the Air Force above, "doggone" (inexplicably pronounced as "dag-on") and "nasty" are common examples).
Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty
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Nasty and Doggone. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/doggone/nasty
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