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shattered

verbadjectivecommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈʃætəd//
  • United States//ˈʃætɚd//

Physically broken into pieces.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of shattersimple past and past participle of shatter

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    She refused to see him for two days. He was shattered. He sent his apologies.

    Yes, he had gotten his revenge for my rejection. I was shattered but remained silent.

    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 ones

  3. 3

    Extremely tired or exhausted.

    I stayed up all night working, and now I'm completely shattered.

Forms

comparative
more shattered
superlative
most shattered
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).