blasted

[ blas-tid, blah-stid ]

adjective

1. withered; shriveled; blighted; ruined.
2. damned; confounded:

   This blasted pen leaked all over my shirt.

blasted

/ ˈblɑːstɪd /

adjective

1. blighted or withered

adjective

1. slang.
   (intensifier)

   a blasted idiot

Other Words From

• un·blasted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of blasted¹

1545–55; blast (v.) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The person allegedly blasted the officer’s photo on her Facebook and Instagram accounts, calling them a fascist “pig” and a traitor to their race.

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Her critics blasted her for firing the police chief soon after she took office, leaving a leadership vacancy in the department for a year even as the city experienced a surge in violence.

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As cars sped by and an 18-wheeler blasted its horn, I nudged ahead and asked the man if he was in med school.

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Hochman also blasted that move, noting the statue of limitations for manslaughter had run out on the case and said he believed a murder filing was unwarranted.

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During a campaign stop in Coachella last month, for example, Trump blasted the state as a wasteland of high costs, overregulation, homelessness and crime, mixing real problems facing the state with a litany of falsehoods.

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