hammered

[ ham-erd ]

adjective

1. shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer:

   a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.

2. Slang. extremely intoxicated from alcoholic liquor or a drug:

   On the weekends we usually get hammered.

Other Words From

• un·hammered adjective
• well-hammered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hammered¹

First recorded in 1515–25; hammer + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But this one family’s grief is many people’s grief as it’s a nightmare replicated across the Valencia region which was hammered by flash flooding nearly two weeks ago, killing at least 219 people.

From BBC

In September, Trump’s campaign started running an attack ad that hammered Harris over a policy of providing gender-affirming healthcare to federal inmates, using the line, “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rahman viewed the election day results as a sign of a panicky electorate that was hammered with alarmist rhetoric about violence and thefts for months.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, at an event the same day just six miles away in Phoenix, Harris hammered the issue of abortion.

From Los Angeles Times

Opener Evin Lewis blitzed 96 as the West Indies hammered England by eight wickets in the first one-day international in Antigua.

From BBC