1. Expletive used informally as an intensifier
   "he's a doggone idiot";
   - blasted [informal], blame [N. Amer, informal], blamed [informal], blessed [informal], damn [informal], damned [informal], darned [informal], deuced [informal], goddam [informal], goddamn [informal], goddamned [informal], infernal [informal], dashed [Brit, informal]

1. Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   "She doggoned her luck after losing the lottery";
   - curse, beshrew [archaic], damn, bedamn [archaic], anathemize, anathemise [Brit], imprecate, maledict [archaic], dang [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: doggones, doggoning, doggoned

See also: cursed, curst [archaic]

Type of: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, raise

Encyclopedia: Doggone