shattered
adjUS /ˈʃætɚd/ · UK /ˈʃætəd/
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.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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.2000, Lionel Robbins, A history of economic thought: the LSE lectures, Princeton University Press, page 221:
- She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered. He sent his apologies.2000, Nellie McHenry, chapter 26, in Forbidden Dreams of Love,:
2 more examples
- Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.2010, Mary Alice Beasley, Shattered Lens: A Tale of Domestic Violence and Redemption Through Love, AuthorHouse, page 261:
- And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you're not alone / I love the broken ones2011, Dia Frampton, “The Broken Ones”, in Red, performed by Dia Frampton:
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UK, Colloquial Extremely tired or exhausted.
- I stayed up all night working, and now I'm completely shattered.
- Derived terms
- shatteredness, unshattered