adj
Meaning 1
Ruined, ravaged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the devastated city
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
devastated
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Extremely upset and shocked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of devastate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 毀壞的 /毁坏的 (huǐhuài de) — ruined, ravaged
- Finnish: hävitetty — ruined, ravaged
- Finnish: tuhottu — ruined, ravaged
- French: dévasté — ruined, ravaged
- French: ravagé — ruined, ravaged
- French: ruiné — ruined, ravaged
- German: verwüstet — ruined, ravaged
- German: verheert — ruined, ravaged
- Italian: devastato — ruined, ravaged
- Māori: anea — ruined, ravaged
- Polish: zniszczony — ruined, ravaged
- Polish: zruinowany — ruined, ravaged
- Polish: zdemolowany — ruined, ravaged
- Portuguese: devastado — ruined, ravaged
- Portuguese: arruinado — ruined, ravaged
- Russian: опустошённый (opustošónnyj) — ruined, ravaged
- Russian: разорённый (razorjónnyj) — ruined, ravaged
- Spanish: devastado — ruined, ravaged
- Swedish: förstörd — ruined, ravaged
- Swedish: ödelagd — ruined, ravaged
- Welsh: difrodedig — ruined, ravaged
- Welsh: anrheithiedig — ruined, ravaged
- Chinese Mandarin: 頹靡 /颓靡 (tuímǐ) — upset and shocked
- Chinese Mandarin: 痛不欲生 (tòngbùyùshēng) — upset and shocked
- Chinese Mandarin: 心寒 (xīnhán) — upset and shocked
- Dutch: kapot — upset and shocked
- Finnish: murtunut — upset and shocked
- Finnish: järkyttynyt — upset and shocked
- French: dévasté — upset and shocked
- German: gebrochen — upset and shocked
- German: am Boden zerstört — upset and shocked
- Italian: devastato — upset and shocked
- Māori: ngaukino — upset and shocked
- Polish: zdruzgotany — upset and shocked
- Portuguese: devastado — upset and shocked
- Russian: безуте́шный (bezutéšnyj) — upset and shocked
- Russian: пода́вленный (podávlennyj) — upset and shocked
- Russian: расстро́енный (rasstrójennyj) — upset and shocked
- Russian: огорчённый (ogorčónnyj) — upset and shocked
- Russian: потрясённый (potrjasjónnyj) — upset and shocked
- Spanish: devastado — upset and shocked
- Swedish: förkrossad — upset and shocked
- Welsh: echrydedig — upset and shocked
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