gutted

adjective

1. 1

   Eviscerated.

   The exports, on the whole, in 1815, exceeded those of 1816; but the gutted herrings exported in the latter year exceeded those of the former by 12606½ barrels

   He was leaning forward, head down, taking one deliberate step after another, both arms behind, dragging his gutted buck by its barely forked antlers.

2. 2

   With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.

   Viasma on the other hand, presented as dismal a scene as we had any where witnessed. Nearly all the large houses were gutted and burnt.

   1841, "An intelligent gentleman of Berwick" quoted in Charles Ellms, The Tragedy of the Seas; Or, Sorrow on the Ocean, Lake, and River, from Shipwreck, Plague, Fire and Famine We have this day paid a visit to the wreck, which is lying in much the same state that it was, only somewhat more gutted by the occasional dashing of the billows amongst its timber and planks.

   In sixteen days no fewer than 99,000 passengers were conveyed to the new [Alexandra] Palace but, on June 9 [1873], this wonderful source of traffic was gutted by fire.

   The markets will be more gutted than usual.

3. 3

   archaicHaving a gut or guts.

   Having spoke thus, she took the ugliest of her monsters, full gutted from her spleen, and flung it invisibly into his mouth, which, flying straight up into his head, squeezed out his eye-balls, gave him a distorted look, and half overturned his brain.

   He could tell she wanted to cry. "We've made a pact that we are going to try to get into men's basketball, and we're not going to do any of this crying stuff," he reminded her, and she gutted it out.

   "Uh, I'm having a problem " mumbled the soggy-gutted bear as he suddenly found himself wedged between two large Austrian women.

4. 4

   slangDeeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.

   The whole platoon had felt gutted, an attitude rarely reflected in press reporters.

   Throughout the book he runs the whole gamut of emotion from ‘chuffed' to ‘gutted', while being on the whole (surprisingly, for a fabulously gifted millionaire) more gutted than chuffed, and he cheerfully confesses to a short temper.

   2004, "Bobbins", quoted in Justine Roberts, Mums on Pregnancy: Trade Secrets from the Real Experts The thing I was most gutted about was that I had planned to finish knitting a patchwork cot blanket. It never did get finished.

   The guard entered the room and before I knew it Sarah had left, I felt gutted and a broken man.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of gutsimple past and past participle of gut

Forms

comparative

more gutted

superlative

most gutted