deuced

/dju:st/

Thân thiện

He's a deuced nuisance on the golf course.

Definition

1. Adjective & Adverb (informal, dated, chiefly British):
   • Used as an intensifier, often to express annoyance or emphasis, and sometimes as a mild expletive: "Deuced" is used to add strong emphasis to a description, typically conveying that something is extreme, troublesome, or remarkable. It often carries a tone of mild exasperation or surprise.

Usage

• As an adjective: It modifies a noun to intensify its quality, usually in a negative or emphatic context.
• As an adverb: It modifies an adjective or another adverb to mean "extremely" or "exceedingly."
• Note: The word is considered informal and somewhat old-fashioned. It functions similarly to words like "damned" or "confounded" but is often perceived as a slightly milder, more dated alternative.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • He's a deuced idiot for making that mistake. (He is an extremely foolish idiot.)
  • We've been having deuced bad weather all week. (We've been having terribly bad weather.)
• Adverb:
  • It was a deuced clever trick he played. (It was an exceedingly clever trick.)
  • The problem is deuced complicated. (The problem is terribly complicated.)

Advanced Usage

• "Deuced" as a standalone exclamation: While less common, it can be used alone to express frustration or surprise.
  • "Oh, deuced!" he cried, dropping the tool. ("Oh, drat!" or "Oh, damn!")

Variants and Related Words

• Deuce (n): Often used in exclamations like "What the deuce?" meaning "What on earth?" This is the noun from which "deuced" is derived.
• Deucedly (adv): An adverbial form with the same meaning as the adverbial use of "deuced" (e.g., ).

Synonyms

• Damned: Used as an intensifier (more common and stronger in modern usage).
• Confounded: Used to express annoyance.
• Blasted: An informal intensifier.
• Infernal: Suggests something is devilishly annoying or extreme.
• Darned: A milder, euphemistic intensifier.

Idioms and Phrases

• In a deuced hurry/funk: Old-fashioned phrases meaning "in a great hurry" or "in a state of great fear/anxiety."
  • I'm in a deuced hurry to catch my train. (I'm in a terrible hurry.)
  • He was in a deuced funk about the exam. (He was terribly nervous about the exam.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. expletives used informally as intensifiers
   • he's a blasted idiot
   • it's a blamed shame
   • a blame cold winter
   • not a blessed dime
   • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
   • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
   • a deuced idiot
   • an infernal nuisance