Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Used as an intensive: I hate these blasted flies.
- adj. Slang Drunk or intoxicated.
- adj. Blighted, withered, or shriveled.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Confounded; execrable; detestable: used as a milder form of imprecation than damned.
- In heraldry, deprived of leaves: said of a tree or a branch.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of blast.
- adj. Which has been subjected to an explosion.
- adj. slang, slightly dated Accursed; damned.
- adj. heraldry Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
- adv. euphemistic Damned; extremely.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Blighted; withered.
- adj. Confounded; accursed; detestable.
- adj. Rent open by an explosive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. expletives used informally as intensifiers
Examples
“Since we were blasted with snow last night, this means that we're prolly gonna get * blasted* tonight.”
“His name blasted through her mind, and she recalled that she was here to hunt.”
“Also, with actual samples in pretty fair bulk in hand, we can determine the origin of meteorites that have also been blasted from the Moon that have landed on the Earth.”
“We cannot see how deliverance will come or when it will come, but nothing is more certain that every trace of Hitler's footsteps, every stain of his infected, corroding fingers will be sponged and purged and, if need be, blasted from the surface of the earth.”
“I will then be blasted from the barrels of my favorite shotguns during the upland and waterfowl seasons.”
“Legal wrangling over the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy continued Monday, as the group suing to end it once again blasted the Obama administration's defense of the policy and another gay rights organization said the ban is indirectly responsible for the recent wave of suicides by gay teenagers.”
The Washington Post: 'Don't ask, don't tell' appeals process continues
“The second saw his ashes blasted from a cannon, paid for by Johnny Depp, into the canyon behind his ranch.”
“On Sunday, Williams appeared on "Fox News Sunday" and again blasted NPR for its decision.”
The Huffington Post: NPR President Apologizes For Handling Of Juan Williams Firing
“Sarah Palin blasted the media Saturday in a tough Facebook post, her attorney delivered a strong warning to news outlets that they should not report any stories that allege the Alaska governor is leaving office because she is under any kind of federal investigation.”
“Speaking on ABC's "This Week," McCain blasted O'Donnell and expressed deep concern that she was able to capture the Republican nomination.”
The Huffington Post: Meghan McCain: Christine O'Donnell 'Seen As Nutjob'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blasted’.
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movement (fast)
words describing fast action or movement
( open list, randomness, descriptive )
related:
http://www.wordnik.com...hurry, run, scamper, skip, stride, stampede, trample, scramble, dart, spring, spin, sprint and 141 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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britishisms
A tip of my hat to the snarkiest of English dialects. Here here!
Ponce, snog, bloody, barmy, blasted, blooming, bleeding, knackered, poppycock, wanker, tosser, cracked and 52 more...
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Sense and Sensibility
Words from the book by Jane Austen.
shew, shewn, shewing, shewed, dupe, wither, rambled, extorting, cavil, rap, mildness, controuled and 133 more...
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
Other similar lists can be found on Wordnik, especially that...seiant, duciper, bourdon, pouch, scrip, staff, ananas, besant d'argent, roundle, roundel, argent, allocamelus and 743 more...
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miltonic
liberty, froth-becurlèd, host, huge-bellied, aghast, rills, gladsom, wrathfull, ordain, thunder-clasping, ruddy, warble and 264 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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Tunie: Navigator
by the Pogues, on the LP "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash." Lyrics copyright 1985 P. Gaston (according to the Pogues website).
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,
The...railway, darkness, empire, supply, fortunes, vast, commerce, laid, mark, sleep, peace, death and 34 more...
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minced oaths
expostulations which originated as euphemisms for a stronger, socially unsanctioned, word or expression
strewth, zounds, land sakes, jiminy cricket, gorblimey, drat, begorrah, cripes, doggone it, gadzooks, odds bodkins, sacre bleu and 78 more...
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excellent adjectives
Some sound funny, others are out of fashion, most catch people by surprise when used in everyday speech, particularly in interjection.
capital, confounded, confounded, blasted, fallacious, very decent, splendid, swell, gargantuan
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brtom O Fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted Milton, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough Dec 15, 2006