Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Drat! I forgot to post these letters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To damn or curse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Drat you and your evil schemes!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Bulgarian:
по дяволите!
(po djavolite!)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Bulgarian:
мамка му!
(mamka mu!)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Chinese Cantonese:
死
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Chinese Cantonese:
弊
(bai6)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Chinese Cantonese:
慘 /惨
(caam2)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Chinese Cantonese:
死得啦
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Czech:
zatraceně
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Dutch:
stik
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Dutch:
verrek
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Finnish:
samperi
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Finnish:
saamari
— cry of anger or frustration
-
French:
mince
— cry of anger or frustration
-
German:
menno
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Italian:
dannazione
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Macedonian:
мајку му!
(majku mu!)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Māori:
āhahā
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Māori:
aeha
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Norman:
m'luque !
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Russian:
блин
(blin)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Russian:
чёрт
(čort)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Russian:
зараза
(zaraza)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Scottish Gaelic:
gonadh air
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Spanish:
¡jolín!
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Spanish:
¡caramba!
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Spanish:
¡caray!
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Spanish:
¡joder!
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Swedish:
rackarns
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Swedish:
attans
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Swedish:
skit
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Swedish:
förbannat
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Swedish:
nedrans
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Tibetan:
ཨ་ཡ
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Tibetan:
ཨ་ཁ
(a kha)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Tibetan:
ཨ་ལས
(a las)
— cry of anger or frustration
-
Bulgarian:
проклинам
(proklinam)
— to damn or curse
-
Dutch:
verdoemen
— to damn or curse
-
Dutch:
vervloeken
— to damn or curse
-
Estonian:
needma, kiruma
— to damn or curse
-
Finnish:
kirota
— to damn or curse
-
French:
jurer
— to damn or curse
-
Italian:
dannare
— to damn or curse
-
Italian:
maledire
— to damn or curse
-
Spanish:
maldecir
— to damn or curse
-
Swedish:
förbanna
— to damn or curse