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