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deuced

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deuc·ed  (dsd, dy-)
adj. Informal
Darned; confounded.

[From deuce.]

deuced [ˈdjuːsɪd djuːst] Brit informal
adj
(intensifier, usually qualifying something undesirable) damned; confounded he's a deuced idiot
adv
(intensifier) deuced good luck
deucedly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deuced - expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"
cursed, curst - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
Translations
deuced [djuːst]
A. ADJmaldito
deuced (dated inf)
adjverteufelt (dated inf), → verdammt (inf); that deuced dogdieser verdammte Hund (inf)
adv it was deuced difficultes war verteufelt schwierig (dated inf)


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You'd have been a deuced deal more wakeful in the cold, I'll engage.
A burst of passion is a fine rousing thing upon occasion, Helen, and a flood of tears is marvellously affecting, but, when indulged too often, they are both deuced plaguy things for spoiling one's beauty and tiring out one's friends.
He has, though, something about him that is deuced tough.
 
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