blasted

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of blast

adj

1. Subjected to an explosion.
   The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.
2. Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
   a blasted tree
3. (heraldry, of a tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
   BLASTED : leafless, applied to trees. 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 57
   A modified form of this coat of arms, consisting of a blasted oak, with new branches growing out near the base, and an acorn suspended … 1914, Beatrice Bush, Genealogy of the Descendants of John M. Bush and Jane Osterhoudt of Kingston, Ulster Co., N.Y., 1791-1914, page 7
4. (colloquial) Accursed; damned.
   I've tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.
5. (slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
   Dude, we got blasted last night.

adv

1. (colloquial) Damned; extremely.
   That dog is so blasted stubborn.