shattered
- adjective
- /ˈʃætərd/
- 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.
- As these people grapple with their fates in a shattered world, they demand justice.
- So we therefore are each articulations of the shattered mind of God.
- He's he, you know, many lives were shattered by his actions and his abuse of power.
- In other words, there's something psychological wrong with them and they're shattered.
- And all of a sudden her, her, her life is shattered when her husband dies unexpectedly.
- Can you tell me what your perspective of the world was before and after the shattered glass?
- They really don't want to see because the last time they seen, their heart was shattered.
- You know, something happens and now you're heartbroken, you're shattered and you don't know how to get yourself out of it.
- We were riding in the convoy to the stadium and on the left, all you saw was disused, empty, shattered steel mills.
Examples
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The news of the sudden earthquake left the community feeling shattered and in deep mourning.
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And so people in Israel are going to funeral after funeral, visiting one shattered family after another.
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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.
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And all of a sudden her, her, her life is shattered when her husband dies unexpectedly.
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After losing her best friend, she felt completely shattered and struggled to find joy in anything.
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He stared at the shattered remains of his dreams, wondering how everything had gone wrong.
Synonyms
Damaged or not whole and not working
A place or thing that is very badly damaged, often used for buildings and companies
Badly damaged or destroyed, like a building after a disaster
Harmed so it works or looks worse
Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before
Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm
Feeling very sad and without hope
Badly damaged by violence or natural disaster
Badly damaged after an accident or disaster
Made into many small pieces so it cannot be fixed
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Compounds
How Damaged
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Morphology
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.