[
US
/ˈbɫæstəd, ˈbɫæstɪd/
]
[ UK /blˈɑːstɪd/ ]
[ UK /blˈɑːstɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
expletives used informally as intensifiers
not a blessed dime
it's a blamed shame
he's a blasted idiot
he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
a deuced idiot
an infernal nuisance
a blame cold winter
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
How To Use blasted In A Sentence
- She blasted him in the face with a shot of plasma, more than likely killing the pilot instantly.
- Troops found the church with large holes blasted out of its cement walls and its tin roof collapsed.
- In his mind, he blasted six large holes in the blimp's gas cells.
- But consumer watchdogs blasted the increases. The Sun
- Bits of silver metal blasted in every direction.
- Helicopter gunships blasted the town last week.
- As I looked at the ruptured eardrum with my otoscope, I was blasted by a shouting voice less than an inch away from my face. Paradise General
- All of the steel grillages and columns that were left in place or incorporated into the new structure were sandblasted to remove accumulated rust.
- In the first minute the Kendal striker blasted a shot just wide.
- If anybody's got a persuasive argument in favour of the blasted thing I'll give it a hearing, but I've yet to hear one that doesn't sound like a justification for faffing about instead of working. Archive 2009-06-01