Blasted - English meaning

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

His bally sentences seem to go on for ever

adjective

Used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone

Usage examples:

A bally stupid idea, i bally well hope he finds the money he owes me.

verb

(of a person or animal) emit a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger.

Usage examples:

He bellowed in agony

noun

A deep roaring shout or sound.

Usage examples:

A bellow of rage

verb

To shout in a loud voice

Usage examples:

"i don’t believe this!" the old man bellowed.

verb

Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

She berated herself for being fickle

verb

Censure severely or angrily

verb

To criticize someone in an angry manner

Usage examples:

His mother berated him for making a mess.

verb

Make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.

Usage examples:

The ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring

noun

A loud, harsh sound.

Usage examples:

A blare of trumpets

verb

To make a very loud noise

Usage examples:

Music blared from a radio., the siren’s blare was deafening.

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

The process of losing blood from the body

Usage examples:

Blood clotting is the body's way to stop bleeding., to stanch/staunch/stem (= stop) the bleeding, s…

adjective

Made holy; consecrated.

Usage examples:

The blessed sacrament

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

plural noun

Those who live with god in heaven.

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

Something that spoils or destroys or causes damage

Usage examples:

[ u ] the city stopped urban blight by rebuilding neighborhoods., poverty and disease blighted thei…

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Computers can be a blinking nuisance to operators

verb

Shut and open the eyes quickly.

Usage examples:

I blinked in astonishment

adjective

An expression of anger

Usage examples:

I wish they'd turn down that blinking music!

adjective

Covered, smeared, or running with blood.

Usage examples:

His bloody hands

verb

Cover or stain with blood.

Usage examples:

He ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

You took your bloody time

adjective

Used to express annoyance or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

I didn't learn a blooming thing

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

phrasal verb

Explode.

Usage examples:

The car blew up as soon as it hit the wall

phrasal verb

Lose one's temper.

Usage examples:

Mum had blown up at dad with more than her usual vehemence

phrasal verb

Inflate.

Usage examples:

My stomach had started to blow up

noun

A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.

Usage examples:

A bomb attack

verb

Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.

Usage examples:

They bombed the city at dawn

noun

A weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings

Usage examples:

Drop a bomb during the war, the enemy dropped a huge number of bombs on the city., a 100-pound bomb…

noun

A loud, deep, resonant sound.

Usage examples:

The deep boom of the bass drum

verb

Make a loud, deep, resonant sound.

Usage examples:

Thunder boomed in the sky

verb

Experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth.

Usage examples:

Business is booming

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

verb

Reprimand (someone) severely.

Usage examples:

He was castigated for not setting a good example

verb

To criticize someone or something severely

Usage examples:

Health inspectors castigated the kitchen staff for poor standards of cleanliness.

adjective

Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive.

Usage examples:

The whole chuffing world's gone mad

verb

(of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound.

Usage examples:

The train was chuffing out of the station

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's chuffing cold out there!, do what you want; it's your chuffing house!, they've closed the road…

adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

He was a confounded nuisance

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

adjective

Used to express anger

Usage examples:

What a confounded nuisance!

verb

Indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way.

Usage examples:

The opposition criticized the government's failure to consult adequately

verb

To express disapproval of someone or something

Usage examples:

Be criticized for the government is being widely criticized in the media for failing to limit air p…

verb

To give an opinion or judgment about a book, film, etc.

Usage examples:

We're a group of artists who meet to discuss ideas and criticize each other's work.

adjective

Used to express annoyance or irritation.

Usage examples:

His cursed tidy-mindedness

verb

Invoke or use a curse against.

Usage examples:

It often seemed as if the family had been cursed

adjective

Used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way

Usage examples:

It's a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening!, in recent years i've been cursed with w…

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

exclamation

Expressing anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

Damn! i completely forgot!

adjective

Used to emphasize or express anger or frustration with someone or something.

Usage examples:

Turn that damn thing off!

adjective

(in christian belief) condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Damned sinners

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

She's too damned arrogant

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

verb

Pull or knock down (a building).

Usage examples:

The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb

To completely destroy buildings or other structures

Usage examples:

Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

verb

To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

Usage examples:

A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.

verb

End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Usage examples:

The room had been destroyed by fire

verb

To damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists

Usage examples:

You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements., losing his job seemed to completely destroy…

verb

To damage something so badly that it cannot be used

Usage examples:

Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war., completely/totally destroy…

noun

A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.

Usage examples:

The builders of these bombs wouldn't have much trouble getting their hands on high explosives - dyn…

verb

Blow up (something) with dynamite.

Usage examples:

He threatened to dynamite a major hydroelectric dam

noun

A type of explosive

Usage examples:

A stick of dynamite, the social security issue is political dynamite., a work crew dynamited the co…

adjective

Used to add force to an expression. some people might consider this offensive

Usage examples:

He's such an effing nuisance!, after lots of effing and blinding and threatening to search everyone…

verb

Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.

Usage examples:

An ammunition lorry exploded with a roar

verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent reaction

verb

To burst violently and usually with a loud noise, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] a bomb exploded nearby., [ t ] black holes are left behind by exploding stars called supernov…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

verb

Strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).

Usage examples:

The captured general was flayed alive

verb

Strip the skin off

verb

To remove the skin from a person's or animal's body

adjective

Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance.

Usage examples:

Are you out of your flipping mind?

verb

Turn over with a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

The plane flipped over and then exploded

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's a flipping nuisance!, you'll do as you're flipping well told!

adjective

Used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something.

Usage examples:

I feel so sick i can hardly raise my goddam head

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

He had been told to do this on some goddam boring management course

noun

The cry of a wild goose.

Usage examples:

Goats bleated occasionally, chickens clucked and honks from geese could be heard sometimes.

verb

Make or cause to make a honk.

Usage examples:

Geese circled around and honked

verb

To make a short, loud noise, or to sound a horn to make such a noise

Usage examples:

[ i/t ] the cars honking (their horns) kept us awake half the night.

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

adjective

Relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.

Usage examples:

Pestilential fever

adjective

Relating to or causing very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people

Usage examples:

Smallpox is clearly the worst of the pestilential diseases., in the story, a pestilential fog envel…

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

Usage examples:

Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

Usage examples:

Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

noun

A mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tyres.

Usage examples:

A petrol pump

verb

Force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump.

Usage examples:

The blood is pumped around the body

noun

A sports shoe; a plimsoll.

Usage examples:

If you buy the kids plimsolls for pe, rather than pumps, you probably live in east yorkshire - or o…

verb

Express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behaviour or actions.

Usage examples:

She had rebuked him for drinking too much

noun

An expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.

Usage examples:

He hadn't meant it as a rebuke, but neil flinched

verb

To criticize someone strongly because you disapprove of what the person has said or done

Usage examples:

He was publicly rebuked for his involvement in the scandal., [ c ] a sharp rebuke

noun

A formal expression of disapproval.

Usage examples:

The golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules

verb

Address a reprimand to.

Usage examples:

Officials were reprimanded for poor work

verb

To tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable

Usage examples:

The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude., his boss gave him a sev…

verb

Reprimand (someone).

Usage examples:

He was reproved for obscenity

verb

To tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour

Usage examples:

The teacher gently reproved the boys for not paying attention.

noun

A full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion or other large wild animal.

Usage examples:

She waited for the lion's roar

verb

(of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry.

Usage examples:

We heard a lion roar

abbreviation

Right of admission reserved.

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

(of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.

Usage examples:

A cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

Usage examples:

Young people today, they're a ruddy shower

adjective

(of a white person’s skin) having a red color, often suggesting good health

Usage examples:

A ruddy-cheeked girl

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

verb

(of a person or animal) give a loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Usage examples:

She hit her brother, causing him to screech with pain

noun

A loud, harsh, piercing cry.

Usage examples:

Mary tried to drown her screeches by shaking her

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

verb

Utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement.

Usage examples:

The audience shrieked with laughter

noun

A high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream.

Usage examples:

Shrieks of laughter

noun

A loud, high cry

Usage examples:

The shriek of sea gulls, she heard a high-pitched shriek., [ i ] we shrieked with laughter.

verb

Wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture.

Usage examples:

The flowers simply shrivelled up

verb

To become dried out and smaller, appearing crushed or folded, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

[ t ] the hot sun shriveled the flowers i put in the window.

noun

A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

Usage examples:

There was a crash of thunder

verb

Thunder sounds.

Usage examples:

It began to thunder

noun

The sudden, loud noise that comes after a flash of lightning

Usage examples:

A clap of thunder, the sky grew dark and it started to thunder., the horses thundered past (= moved…

noun

A brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. the modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves.

Usage examples:

Nor is it all normal trumpets: this cd boasts piccolo trumpets, bass trumpets, cornets and flugelho…

verb

Play a trumpet.

Usage examples:

A jazz band trumpeted on the stage behind, and the kids danced until dark

noun

A brass musical instrument that plays high notes, with keys that are pressed to vary the notes and played by blowing into it, or this type of instrument generally; a horn

Usage examples:

We heard the elephants trumpeting in the distance., he’s been trumpeting political reform for years…

verb

Find fault with (someone); scold.

Usage examples:

He was upbraided for his slovenly appearance

verb

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.

Usage examples:

The grass had withered to an unappealing brown

verb

To become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller

Usage examples:

[ t ] hot, dry weather withered the peanut crop in the southeast., [ i ] fig. public interest in th…

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…