ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Devastated

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Devastated is an adjective meaning Ruined, ravaged.

Meaning

Ruined, ravaged.

More Meanings

  1. Extremely upset and shocked.
  2. simple past and past participle of devastate

Example Sentences

the devastated city
Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.

Synonyms for devastated

Depending on context, synonyms include desolate, blasted, destroyed, wasted, ruined, desolated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include destroyed, desolate, wasted, blasted, ruined, desolated.

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