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shattered, ppl. a.|ˈʃætəd|
[f. shatter v. + -ed.]
a. In the senses of the verb.
1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. lxv, His shatter'd Sails with Rigging to restore. 1672Wiseman Wounds i. x. 101 You must make way to these wounds by removing the shattered flesh. 1707Freind Peterborow's Cond. Sp. 71 To recruit his shatter'd Cavalry. 1796F. Burney Camilla ix. xi, Her shattered nerves could not bear the interview. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. x. (1866) 182 The languor of shattered health. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 283 Paul returned from this journey a shattered man.
†b. Scattered, not concentrated. Obs.
1687Norris Misc., Of Seriousness 171 A man of a loose, volatile and shatter'd humour.
c. colloq. Extremely distressed or exhausted; upset, overcome.
1930A. Christie Murder at Vicarage ii. 14 How tiresome everyone is. I feel shattered... If only I had some money I'd go away. 1968Listener 12 Sept. 337/2, I came in at tea-time, I sat down and I was absolutely shattered. 1978S. Radley Death & Maiden viii. 75, I honestly can't tell you anything about Mary. I'm shattered, that's all I know. |