blasted

Adjective
US[blas-tuhd]/ˈblæstəd/2 syllablesalso [blas-tid] /ˈblæstɪd/

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. expletives used informally as intensifiers“he's a blasted idiot”“it's a blamed shame”“a blame cold winter”“not a blessed dime”“I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing”“he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool”“a deuced idiot”“an infernal nuisance”Synonyms: blameblamedblesseddamndamneddarneddeucedgoddamgoddamngoddamnedinfernalOpposite blessedSimilar cursed, curst
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Blast′ed (…), adjective

1. Blighted; withered.

Upon this blasted heath.— William Shakespeare

2. Confounded; accursed; detestable.

Some of her own blasted gypsies.— Sir Walter Scott

3. Rent open by an explosive.

The blasted quarry thunders, heard remote.— William Wordsworth

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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