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shattered adjective [ ˈʃatəd ]

• very upset.
• "he was said to be absolutely shattered after losing his job"
• exhausted.
• "I usually feel too shattered to do more than crawl into bed"
Similar: exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent, jet-lagged, out of breath, breathless, panting, puffing, puffed, puffed out, puffing and blowing, gasping (for breath), done in, all in, dead on one's feet, beat, dead beat, bushed, fagged out, knocked out, wiped out, running on empty, zonked out, worn to a frazzle, frazzled, bushwhacked, knackered, whacked (out), shagged out, jiggered, wabbit, pooped, tuckered out, fried, whipped, stonkered, toilworn, fordone, buggered, rooted,
Opposite: fresh as a daisy, raring to go,

shatter verb

• break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.
• "bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded"
Similar: smash, smash to smithereens, break, break into pieces, burst, blow out, explode, implode, splinter, crack, fracture, fragment, disintegrate, bust, shiver,
• upset (someone) greatly.
• "everyone was shattered by the news"
Similar: devastate, shock, stun, daze, dumbfound, traumatize, crush, overwhelm, greatly upset, distress, knock for six, knock sideways, knock the stuffing out of, devastating, crushing, staggering, severe, savage, overwhelming, traumatic, very great, dreadful, terrible, awful,
Opposite: please, excite,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘scatter, disperse’): perhaps imitative; compare with scatter.


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