blasted

UK/ˈblɑː.stɪd//ˈblæs.tɪd/

blasted is the simple past and past participle of blast.

Adjective

blasted (not comparable)

Subjected to an explosion.
- The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.
Synonyms:

exploded
Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
- a blasted tree
- In the same way the blasted trunk on the left, in Turner's drawing of the spot where Harold fell at the battle of Hastings, takes, where its boughs first separate, the shape of the head of an arrow;1846, [John Ruskin], chapter 4, in Modern Painters […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, part III (Of Ideas of Beauty), section II (Of the Imaginative Faculty), § 6, page 189
(bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
- BLASTED : leafless, applied to trees.
- Argent, three scrogs, blasted, sable. Blastock of that Ilk.1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 57
(colloquial) Accursed; damned.
- I've tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.
- You great fat, blasted, blear-eyed, blundering, thundering, brainless, God-forsaken, doddering, damned fool!1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 212
Synonyms:

damned
(slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
- Dude, we got blasted last night.
Synonyms:

drunk

blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)

(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
(intransitive) To make a loud noise.
(informal, transitive) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- Some kid is in his car blasting rap. You know, bass in the trunk and you can hear it 4 blocks away? I signal over to him and say "Hey, turn it up, I can't hear it." He turns around and says, "Shut Up Grandpa."2008 April 24, neilc...@yahoo.com, “ARRMO FEST”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.oldschool (Usenet)
(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- Although Maroczy favored solid, positional chess, there were times when he changed his style and blasted his opponents' defenses to bits.1951 July, Hans Kmoch, “Geza Maroczy 1870-1951”, in Chess Review
(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- Blast right through it.
(transitive) To curse; to damn.
- Blast it! Foiled again.

blasted (comparative more blasted, superlative most blasted)

BLASTed

comparative	more blasted
superlative	most blasted

What does blasted mean?: Blasted means subjected to an explosion.
What is blasted the simple past and past participle of?: Blasted is the simple past and past participle of blast.
What part of speech is blasted?: Blasted can be an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
How do you pronounce blasted?: Blasted is pronounced /ˈblɑː.stɪd/ (UK).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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