shattered
SHA-turd/ˈʃætɚd/UKSHA-tuhd/ˈʃætəd/
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- 2Feeling very upset and without hope after something bad happens.
Like a person who feels broken inside after very bad news.
He was shattered after losing the championship game.
She felt shattered when her best friend moved away.
Similardejected, depressed, disheartened, downcast, dispirited
Oppositeelated, overjoyed, thrilled
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- 3Past tense and past participle of shatter. Use this form for something that already broke into pieces.
The stray ball shattered the window yesterday.
The earthquake shattered nearly every dish in the house.
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shattered is a form of shatter
shatter, verb: To break something into many small pieces with force. Full entry
- Forms
- shattershatters he/she/itshattering -ing formshattered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- shatter → shattered: add -ed
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