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shattered

shattered

1 4.8
Feeling very upset because hopes or feelings are destroyed
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃætərd/
translation icon : destrozado
  • As these people grapple with their fates in a shattered world, they demand justice.

As these people grapple with their fates in a shattered world, they demand justice.

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Examples

  • The news of the sudden earthquake left the community feeling shattered and in deep mourning.

  • And so people in Israel are going to funeral after funeral, visiting one shattered family after another.

  • But I was still so shattered that it was some moments before I could get to my feet.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I can tell by my eyes that I am shattered and I look so pale.

  • And all of a sudden her, her, her life is shattered when her husband dies unexpectedly.

  • After losing her best friend, she felt completely shattered and struggled to find joy in anything.

  • He stared at the shattered remains of his dreams, wondering how everything had gone wrong.

Synonyms

broken
vsshattered
31 1.0

Damaged or not whole and not working

is stronger, pointing to deep violent or emotional destruction rather than simple damage
in ruins
vsshattered
23 3.8

A place or thing that is very badly damaged, often used for buildings and companies

is narrower, stressing deep emotional disruption rather than any damaged state
left in ruins
vsshattered
2 5.3

Badly damaged or destroyed, like a building after a disaster

is more about inner or emotional collapse than being physically devastated
damaged
vsshattered
1 1.1

Harmed so it works or looks worse

is more severe, implying complete violent or emotional ruin rather than mild harm
ruined
vsshattered
1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

is about violent emotional disruption rather than an unusable state
destroyed
vsshattered
2.8

Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm

is used for violent or emotional disruption rather than general extreme harm
crushed
vsshattered
4.2

Feeling very sad and without hope

is about deep damage or violent disruption beyond personal defeat
ravaged
vsshattered
5.9

Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster

is focused more on emotional or nonphysical destruction than physical force
wrecked
vsshattered
4.0

Badly damaged after an accident or disaster

emphasizes violent emotional ruin rather than damage from accidents
broken to pieces
vsshattered
3.5

Made into many small pieces so it cannot be fixed

is more about deep emotional or nonphysical ruin than mere physical fragments

Antonyms

304 3.7

Whole and not damaged or missing any parts

Compounds

A hope or plan for the future that is no longer possible

How Damaged

shattered
1 4.8
broken
31 1.0
damaged
1 1.1
to hurt
1.0
fine
1.0

Surface Forms

shattered positive

Morphology

shattered = shatter (transparent) = shatter + ed

Formed from the verb 'shatter' plus the participial suffix '-ed'; the adjective meaning 'emotionally or thoroughly broken' is a straightforward metaphoric extension of 'break'.

Etymology

Shattered comes from the verb shatter, which means 'break into pieces', like when glass breaks and makes shards. So, when we say hopes or a person are shattered, we mean they are broken into small, useless pieces, completely ruined or emotionally destroyed.