shattered

shattered

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃætɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃætəd/

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• Hyphenation: shat‧tered

Verb

shattered

1. simple past tense and past participle of shatter

Adjective

shattered (comparative more shattered, superlative most shattered)

1. Physically broken into pieces.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.

2. Emotionally defeated or dispirited.
   • 2000 Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, p221

     Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered, and shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.

   • 2000 Nellie McHenry, Forbidden Dreams of Love, chapter 26

     She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered. He sent his apologies.

   • 2010 Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, p261

     Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.

   • 2011, Dia Frampton (lyrics and music), “The Broken Ones”, in Red‎, performed by Dia Frampton:

     And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you're not alone / I love the broken ones

3. (Britain, colloquial) Extremely tired or exhausted.

   I stayed up all night working, and now I'm completely shattered.

Translations

physically broken into pieces

German: zerbrochen (de), zerschlagen (de), zerschmettert (de), zerstört (de) Latin: quassus, fractus (la) Sanskrit: भग्न (sa) (bhagna)

emotionally defeated or dispirited

German: am Boden zerstört, erledigt (de)

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