goldarned noise
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊldɑrnəd nɔɪz/
- Archaic
:
maldito ruido
- That goldarned noise is driving me crazy!
Examples
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That goldarned noise kept me up all night.
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I wish someone would stop that goldarned noise coming from the construction site.
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He complained about the goldarned noise every time the neighbors threw a party.
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I can't stand this goldarned noise anymore.
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I wish someone would stop that goldarned noise coming from the construction site.
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He complained about the goldarned noise every time the neighbors threw a party.
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That goldarned noise kept me up all night.
Synonyms
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1.0
A loud, unpleasant sound that disturbs you
28
3.9
A loud ringing sound when metal hits metal
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5.2
A loud metallic sound that often repeats or echoes
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4.2
A loud harsh sound that hurts your ears, like an alarm or horn
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5.5
A loud continuous noise that repeats and sounds forceful
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9.2
A short gruff sound that comes from clearing the throat to show annoyance or doubt
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8.4
A loud, continuous ringing metal sound like bells or machines
A long, very high sound that hurts the ears
A loud metallic sound that repeats, like bells ringing
A loud honking sound like an old car horn
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
goldarned + noise
The modifier 'goldarned' is not a standard lexical item and appears to be a dialectal/euphemistic expletive (like 'god‑damned' or 'gol‑darned'), so its meaning as an emphatic pejorative cannot be derived compositionally from identifiable morphemes. A B1 learner who only knows 'noise' and ordinary English morphology would not be able to predict the precise intensified/irritated sense, making the phrase idiomatic and unpredictable.
Etymology
Goldarned noise may come from people changing the swear 'god-darned' into the softer sound 'goldarned' when they were angry about a loud sound. The strong word goldarned plus noise makes you think of someone shouting about the sound, so it's used to mean 'an annoying sound'.