devastated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

devastated (comparative more devastated, superlative most devastated)

1. Ruined, ravaged.

   the devastated city

2. Extremely upset and shocked.

   Mary Ann was devastated when she found out her son was bullying a girl at school.

Derived terms

• devo
• undevastated

Translations

ruined, ravaged

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毀壞的 / 毁坏的 (huǐhuài de)

• Finnish: hävitetty (fi), tuhottu (fi)
• French: dévasté (fr), ravagé (fr), ruiné (fr)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: verwüstet (de), verheert (de)
• Italian: devastato (it)
• Māori: anea (by war)
• Polish: zniszczony (pl), zruinowany, zdemolowany
• Portuguese: devastado (pt), arruinado (pt)
• Russian: опустошённый (ru) (opustošónnyj), разорённый (ru) (razorjónnyj)
• Spanish: devastado (es)
• Swedish: förstörd (sv), ödelagd (sv)
• Welsh: difrodedig, anrheithiedig

upset and shocked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頹靡 / 颓靡 (zh) (tuímǐ), 痛不欲生 (zh) (tòngbùyùshēng), 心寒 (zh) (xīnhán)

• Dutch: kapot (nl)
• Finnish: murtunut (fi), järkyttynyt (fi)
• French: effondré (fr), accablé (fr)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: gebrochen (de), am Boden zerstört
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: devastato (it)
• Māori: ngaukino
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zdruzgotany m
• Portuguese: devastado (pt)
• Russian: безуте́шный (ru) (bezutéšnyj) (disconsolate), пода́вленный (ru) (podávlennyj), расстро́енный (ru) (rasstrójennyj), огорчённый (ru) (ogorčónnyj), потрясённый (ru) (potrjasjónnyj)
• Spanish: devastado (es)
• Swedish: förkrossad (sv)
• Welsh: echrydedig

Verb

devastated

1. simple past and past participle of devastate