blasted

blasted

English

WOTD – 20 November 2008

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːst.ɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈblæst.ɪd/

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Verb

blasted

1. simple past tense and past participle of blast

Adjective

blasted (not comparable)

1. Subjected to an explosion.

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

2. Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.

   a blasted tree

3. (colloquial) Accursed; damned.

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

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 9:

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

4. (heraldry) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
5. (slang) Intoxicated, drunk.

   Dude, we got blasted last night.

Synonyms

• (subjected to explosion): exploded
• (exposed to wind):
• (cursed): See Thesaurus:damned
• (tree with no leaves):
• (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

subjected to explosion

Finnish: räjähtänyt (fi) Italian: maledetto (it) Romanian: distrus (ro) m or n Russian: взорванный (ru) (vzorvannyj)

exposed to violent gusts of wind

Maori: ngingio

cursed

Finnish: kirottu (fi), pahuksen (fi) French: fichu (fr) German: verdammt (de), verflucht (de), vermaledeit (de) Romanian: blestemat (ro) m or n, afurisit (ro) m or n Russian: проклятый (ru) (prokljatyj), окаянный (ru) (okajannyj) Swedish: fördömd (sv), nedrans (sv), jädrans (sv), sabla (sv)

heraldry, of a tree whose branches bear no leaves

Finnish: lehdetön (fi) French: effeuillé (fr), sec (fr), mort (fr) Romanian: despuiat de frunze m or n, sterp (ro) m or n, mort (ro) m or n Swedish: kal (sv), bar (sv), naken (sv), bladlös (sv), avlövad

Adverb

blasted (comparative more blasted, superlative most blasted)

1. (colloquial) Damned; extremely.

   That dog is so blasted stubborn.

Anagrams

• baldest, stabled