shattered

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shattered

  • /ˈʃætɚd/ US
  • /ˈʃætəd/ UK

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of shatter

adjective more shattered · most shattered

  1. Physically broken into pieces. It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.

    Similar: busted, fractured, banjaxed, broken, bum, ruptured

  2. Emotionally defeated or dispirited. Well, she died after seven years of marriage, and Mill thought that he was shattered, and shattered no doubt he was, in the sense of this absolutely irreparable emotional loss.

    Similar: despondent, disheartened, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen

  3. UK, colloquial Extremely tired or exhausted. I stayed up all night working, and now I'm completely shattered.

    Similar: busted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained, dog-tired

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: broken, destroyed, tattered, smashed, splintered, fractured, fragmented, crushed, fragmentary, obliterated, severed, shredded, annihilated, extinguished, blasted, wrecked

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adj physically broken into pieces

Portuguêsestilhaçado
Deutschzerbrochen, zerschlagen, zerschmettert, zerstört

adj emotionally defeated or dispirited

Deutscham Boden zerstört, erledigt

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@misc{shattered_2026,
  title = {shattered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shattered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}