devastated — extremely shocked and upset
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: extremely shocked and upset
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/
Example Sentences
- Tom was devastated when he realized he had been eating tofu instead of chicken for three years.
- The students were devastated when they found out the exam was moved to Monday morning.
- My phone battery was devastated after I played mobile games for 8 hours straight.
devastated
ADJECTIVE[/ˈdevəsteɪtɪd/]
extremely shocked and upset
extremely shocked and upset
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Latin, where it originally meant 'to lay waste completely' or 'to devastate'. The term vividly expressed the powerful destructive force of sweeping away everything in its path, as if a battlefield had been utterly ravaged.
Breakdown
de- (completely, thoroughly) + vastare (to lay waste, to make empty or desolate). The prefix intensifies the root verb's sense of total destruction.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“Tom was devastated when he realized he had been eating tofu instead of chicken for three years.”
“The students were devastated when they found out the exam was moved to Monday morning.”
“My phone battery was devastated after I played mobile games for 8 hours straight.”
“The hurricane left thousands of families devastated and homeless.”
“I was devastated when Netflix removed my favorite series without warning.”
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