blasted

adjective

blast·​ed ˈbla-stəd How to pronounce blasted (audio)
Synonyms of blastednext
1
: damaged by or as if by an explosive, lightning, wind, or supernatural force
… upon this blasted heath …William Shakespeare
a blasted apple tree
2
: damned, detestable
this blasted weather
3
slang : intoxicated from drugs or alcohol

Examples of blasted in a Sentence

He got totally blasted at the party. that blasted car salesman cheated us
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Shouldn't even be that hard to sharpen the blasted thing, let alone twist it. Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026 Shouldn’t even be that hard to sharpen the blasted thing, let alone twist it. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2026 Volunteers with the Angels of Salvation humanitarian organization cut plywood to cover blasted windows against the cold. Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2025 Keys instead broke the 27-year-old’s serve, and dragged the decider to 5-5 after again alternating between blasted winners and errors into the net. James Hansen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series. Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 Northwest of Miami, excavators claw mounds of blasted limestone as crews replace acres of sugarcane fields in a massive project that aims to supply clean freshwater to the Everglades. Rebecca Blackwell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024 The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blasted was in 1540

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“Blasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blasted. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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