blasted
blasted Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Used as a mild intensifier to express annoyance, anger, or frustration with someone or something.
"I have been trying to fix this blasted printer all morning."
(slang) Extremely intoxicated from alcohol or drugs.
"Several guests got completely blasted at the New Year's Eve party."
Withered, blighted, or shattered by or as if by a strong gust, lightning strike, or explosion.
"A solitary crow perched on the branches of a blasted oak tree."
Word Nuance & Usage
In its intensifier sense ('that blasted car'), 'blasted' is restricted to attributive position before a noun and sounds dated or mildly euphemistic compared to stronger modern profanity.
• Rhymes for blasted
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as the past-participial adjective of 'blast' (from Old English 'blæstan', to blow or belch forth); its mild curse sense arose in the 17th century from the notion of something being struck or withered by a pernicious gust or divine curse.