blasted

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːst.ɪd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈblæst.ɪd/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstɪd, (US) -æstɪd

blasted

1. simple past and past participle of blast

blasted (not comparable)

1. Subjected to an explosion.

   The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.

2. Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.

   a blasted tree

3. (heraldry, of a tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
   • 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 57:

     BLASTED : leafless, applied to trees.
     Argent, three scrogs, blasted, sable. Blastock of that Ilk.

   • 1914, Beatrice Bush, Genealogy of the Descendants of John M. Bush and Jane Osterhoudt of Kingston, Ulster Co., N.Y., 1791-1914, page 7:

     A modified form of this coat of arms, consisting of a blasted oak, with new branches growing out near the base, and an acorn suspended [...]

4. (colloquial) Accursed; damned.

   I've tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 9:

     `I'm fed up with this blasted rot,' he exclaimed, as a general expression of emotion inspired by the Sabbath.

5. (slang) Intoxicated, drunk.

   Dude, we got blasted last night.

• (subjected to explosion): exploded
• (exposed to wind):
• (cursed): See Thesaurus:damned
• (tree with no leaves):
• (intoxicated): See Thesaurus:drunk

blasted (comparative more blasted, superlative most blasted)

1. (colloquial) Damned; extremely.

   That dog is so blasted stubborn.

• baldest, stabled