Definition of Blasted

1. Adjective. Expletives used informally as intensifiers. "An infernal nuisance"

Exact synonyms: Blame, Blamed, Blessed, Damn, Damned, Darned, Deuced, Goddam, Goddamn, Goddamned, Infernal
Similar to: Cursed, Curst
Derivative terms: Damned

Definition of Blasted

1. a. Blighted; withered.

Definition of Blasted

1. Verb. (past of blast) ¹

2. Adjective. Which has been subjected to an explosion. ¹

3. Adjective. (slang slightly dated) Accursed; damned. ¹

4. Adjective. (heraldry) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless. ¹

5. Adverb. (euphemistic) Damned; extremely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blasted

1. blast [v] - See also: blast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blasted

blast away
blast beat
blast cell
blast crisis
blast from the past
blast furnace
blast furnaces
blast injuries
blast injury
blast off
blast phase
blast transformation
blast trauma
blast wave
blastable
blasted (current term)
blastedly
blastemal
blastemas
blastemata
blastematic
blastemic
blaster
blasters
blastic
blasticidin
blasticidin S-acetyltransferase
blasticidin S deaminase
blasticidins

Literary usage of Blasted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE blasted HERB 11774] ROUSE every generous, thoughtful mind, The rising danger flee, If you would lasting freedom find. Now then abandon tea. ..."

2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"THE blasted HERB 11774] ROUSE every generous, thoughtful mind, The rising danger flee, If you would lasting freedom find. Now then abandon tea. ..."

3. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"Much yet remains unsung: the rage intense Of brazen-vaulted skies, of iron fields, Where drought and famine starve the blasted year: Fired by the torch of ..."

4. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"Much yet remains unsung: the rage intense Of brazen-vaulted skies, of iron fields, Where drought and famine starve the blasted year: Fired by the torch of ..."

5. English Reader by Lindley Murray (1840)
"... while a whole kingdom trembled before him ; one spirit, which the utmost stretch of his power could neither subdue nor humble, blasted his triumphs. ..."

6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Upon my honor, I am not quite sure that I entirely comprehend my own meaning in some of these blasted allegories; but I remember that I always had a meaning ..."

7. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Winder's expectations of promotion are blasted. Will he resign ? I think not. The enemy's accounts of the battle on the Bed River do not agree with the ..."

8. English Reader by Lindley Murray (1840)
"... while a whole kingdom trembled before him ; one spirit, which the utmost stretch of his power could neither subdue nor humble, blasted his triumphs. ..."

9. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Upon my honor, I am not quite sure that I entirely comprehend my own meaning in some of these blasted allegories; but I remember that I always had a meaning ..."

10. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"Winder's expectations of promotion are blasted. Will he resign ? I think not. The enemy's accounts of the battle on the Bed River do not agree with the ..."

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