devastated

dev-as-tat-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Severely shocked and upset; emotionally shattered.

  2. 2.

    Destroyed or ruined.

  3. 3.

    Destroyed or caused severe damage to.

Related words

Antonyms: elated, overjoyed, unaffected
See also: destruction, devastate, devastating
Synonyms: crushed, destroyed, heartbroken, ruined, shattered

Etymology

Past participle of devastate, from Latin devastare meaning "to lay waste," from de- (completely) + vastare (to waste, empty).