Used euphemistically in place of an expletive adjective. Cf. adjectival, adj. 3, adjectived, adj. 3.

As adj. Used euphemistically for ‘damned’ or other expletive.

Used euphemistically in place of an adjective regarded as an expletive, such as damned. Cf. adjective, adj. 1c. Now rare.

slang. Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’, ‘damned’, etc. Now rare.

Designated by an epithet too coarse or violent to repeat. jocular.

= adjective, adj. 1c. rare.

and intensive adv.

Used euphemistically in place of an adjective regarded as an expletive, such as damned. Cf. adjective, adj. 1c.

As an intensifier: damned, darned.

= bloody, adj. 8. Cf. plurry, adj. adv.

= bloody, adj., originally used literally (see quot. 1876), used subsequently as a euphemistic pronunciation of ‘bloody’, esp. to define…

A euphemistic substitute for fucking, n.

that bleeps; also (slang) = bleeding, adj.; also as n.

As a depreciative intensifier: = fucking, adj. 2.