Blasted

/ˈblɑː.stɪd/ · verb

Meaning

simple past and past participle of blast.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past and past participle of blast
2. Subjected to an explosion.
3. Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
4. (heraldry, of a tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
5. (colloquial) Accursed; damned.
6. (slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
7. (colloquial) Damned; extremely.

Example Sentences

The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.

a blasted tree

In the same way the blasted trunk on the left, in Turner's drawing of the spot where Harold fell at the battle of Hastings, takes, where its boughs first separate, the shape of the head of an arrow;

BLASTED : leafless, applied to trees. Argent, three scrogs, blasted, sable. Blastock of that Ilk.

A modified form of this coat of arms, consisting of a blasted oak, with new branches growing out near the base, and an acorn suspended [...]

I've tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.

You great fat, blasted, blear-eyed, blundering, thundering, brainless, God-forsaken, doddering, damned fool!

`I'm fed up with this blasted rot,' he exclaimed, as a general expression of emotion inspired by the Sabbath.

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• more blasted
• most blasted

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