BLASTED Synonyms: 343 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈbla-stəd

Definition of blasted

as in freaking

deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure that blasted car salesman cheated us

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as in ripped

slang being under the influence of a recreational drug the members of the rock band were all so blasted they could barely perform

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as in drunk

slang being under the influence of alcohol The old college chums recalled with embarrassment a night they got blasted.

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blasted

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verb

past tense of blast

as in shattered

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here

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as in fired

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards

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as in shot

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force the recruits were all blasting away at the target range

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as in attacked

to criticize harshly and usually publicly blasted the new governor for every little misstep

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as in sped

to proceed or move quickly rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car

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Recent Examples of blasted

Adjective

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

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Diaby intercepted a pass in the attacking third, raced to the edge of the penalty box and blasted a rising shot into the net to cap the scoring in the 63rd minute. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Trump blasted Fed officials this week for raising interest rates for the first time in three years. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blasted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted

Adjective

And that's what Simon hasn't learned how to do yet, which is to just go and get a freaking life.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 July 2026
But my concern about my present writing quality is getting in the way of just telling a freaking story.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of freaking

Adjective

Prosecutors alleged that Exton walked into the restaurant with a loaded firearm, pointed it at the victim, and attempted to fire the weapon, according to an arrest warrant obtained by PEOPLE.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
ChatGPT also offers pre-loaded data from Daloopa, PitchBook, Crunchbase, and LSEG News, as well as around 50 total connectors through MCP, an open-source protocol that allows AI models to connect to other software and data sources.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of loaded

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Sitting by the defense table in a wheelchair during Wednesday’s proceedings, Weinstein looked straight ahead as Haley, 49, told the court in tears that her self-esteem had been shattered by the attack and by having to relive it repeatedly.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Zhu has lived in four tech houses, and her view of them as utopic spaces for entrepreneurs was shattered by her experience.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of shattered

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The attackers fired at patrons outside the bar before moving inside and continuing to shoot.

— Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
There are more than 34,000 bakers across France churning out around 6 billion baguettes each year, according to the national federation of bakeries and patisseries, which says that about one quarter of them use oil- or gas-fired ovens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of fired

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The two bears had been involved in an incident in which two of Grazer’s 2024 cubs were attacked by Chunk after falling over a waterfall.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
Soon after, Anthropic revealed that its own stress testers attacked three companies too.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

Verb

Hospital security reported that a vehicle had pulled up, dropped off the victim and then sped away.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
Hall says that the process can be sped up with quick-cooking grits, but folks will have to figure out the correct proportions of liquid on their own.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of sped

Adjective

The cursed island town in Widow’s Bay has summoned all kinds of supernatural entities, much to the dismay of its residents.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Circus of the Damned — An evil ringmaster tries to restore his cursed carnival with a new cast of clowns.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026