Dashed
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English
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Verb form
dashed
- Past tense and past participle of to dash.
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Adjective
dashed
- Of a line, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- (UK, informal) A euphemism for damned.
- It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.
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Usage notes
- Dashed in the sense of "damned" is considered to be upper-class or somewhat old-fashioned.
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Synonyms
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