What part of speech is blasted?

Blasted can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. blasted is a verb, past participle of blast (infinitive).
  • 2. blasted is a verb, past simple of blast (infinitive).
  • 3. blasted is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more blasted
    most blasted
  • Positive: blasted 
  • Comparative: more blasted
  • Superlative: most blasted

What does blasted mean?

Definitions

Adjective

blasted - expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

Adverb

blasted - Damned; extremely.

Verb

blast - fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away"
blast - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
blast - make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
blast - shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
blast - shatter as if by explosion
blast - make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps"
blast - create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"
blast - apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
blast - hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
blast - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Examples of blasted

#   Sentence  
1. adj. He's a blasted idiot.
2. verb And the Moldovan airline used to transport the shipment was blasted by the UN in 2003 for smuggling arms to Liberia, human rights group Amnesty has discovered.
3. verb The rocket blasted out of the atmosphere.
4. verb His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.
5. verb The crop was blasted by the severe winter.
6. verb The rock has been blasted to make a new course for the stream.
7. verb The alien shot his ray gun and blasted a hole in the spaceship's hull.
8. verb The city has been blasted to smithereens.
9. verb The grass has to be blasted.
10. verb On November 3rd, 1957, Sputnik 2 blasted into Earth orbit with a dog named Laika aboard. Laika, which is Russian for "Husky" or "Barker," had the real name of Kudryavka ("Little Curly").
11. verb Fifty-four years ago, Katherine Johnson did the behind-the-scenes math to put a man in orbit. Today, almost 60 women have blasted into space themselves.
12. verb Sami was blasted with a shotgun.
13. verb Sami was blasted several times with a shotgun.
14. verb Tom was blasted with a shotgun.
15. verb Sami blasted out laughing.
16. verb Sami put all the windows up and blasted his car radio.
17. noun Celebrating after the game was a blast.
Sentence  
adj.
He's a blasted idiot.
verb
And the Moldovan airline used to transport the shipment was blasted by the UN in 2003 for smuggling arms to Liberia, human rights group Amnesty has discovered.
The rocket blasted out of the atmosphere.
His ambition was blasted by these repeated failures.
The crop was blasted by the severe winter.
The rock has been blasted to make a new course for the stream.
The alien shot his ray gun and blasted a hole in the spaceship's hull.
The city has been blasted to smithereens.
The grass has to be blasted.
On November 3rd, 1957, Sputnik 2 blasted into Earth orbit with a dog named Laika aboard. Laika, which is Russian for "Husky" or "Barker," had the real name of Kudryavka ("Little Curly").
Fifty-four years ago, Katherine Johnson did the behind-the-scenes math to put a man in orbit. Today, almost 60 women have blasted into space themselves.
Sami was blasted with a shotgun.
Sami was blasted several times with a shotgun.
Tom was blasted with a shotgun.
Sami blasted out laughing.
Sami put all the windows up and blasted his car radio.
noun
Celebrating after the game was a blast.

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