drat
part of speech
interjection (drat, drat it, drat that dog)
meaning for a pupil
(old-fashioned, euphemism) a mild exclamation of annoyance; a soft stand-in for «damn». tree →
sense in the lessons
A gentle, old-fashioned word heard in cartoons, old books and from grandparents; safe even with small children. All regions.
examples
- Drat! I forgot my lunch. tree →
- Drat it, the pen's run out. tree →
- «Drat that cat!» said the old lady. tree →
- Drat, it's raining again. tree →
- The cartoon villain cried, «Drat! Foiled again!» tree →
- Drat, I've lost count. tree →
- "Drat thee!" yelled the witch-bodies, "thou 'st spoiled our spells this year agone!" tree →
note
Harmless and comic today.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «drat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.