dratted

UK: /ˈdrætɪd/ US: (drat′id)

From the verb drat: (⇒ conjugate)

dratted is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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drat•ted  (drat′id), adj. 

1. damned;
   confounded (used as a mild oath):
   This dratted car won't start.

• drat + -ed² 1855–60

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

drat  (drat), v., drat•ted, drat•ting, interj. 
v.t. 

1. to damn;
   confound:
   Drat your interference.

interj. 

2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
   Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.

• alteration of (o)d rot God rot (i.e., may God rot him, her, it) 1805–15

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drat / dræt/ interjection

1. an exclamation of annoyance (also in the phrases drat it! drat you! etc)

Etymology: 19th Century: probably alteration of God rot