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Synonyms for smashed

  • adjective

Most common

destroyed wrecked hammered plastered broken busted

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Destroyed — drunk

destroyed, plastered, wrecked, hammered, loaded, drunk, pie-eyed informal, soaked, cut, cock-eyed, blind drunk, tight, shellacked, pixilated, fried, lit, disguised, inebriated, muddled, oiled, sprung, pickled CA

2. Broken — extensively broken; especially, in shards

broken, busted, ruptured

Antonyms

sober

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Extensively broken; especially, in shards.

    Some of the pottery is so smashed that it's not feasible even to do a restorative repair.

  2. adj. 2

    Drunk.

    I was so smashed last night, I don’t remember how I got home!

Choose the right word

Smashed, Smash or Break?

To smash is to break thoroughly to pieces with a crashing sound by some sudden act of violence; a watch once smashed will scarcely be worth repair.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • destroyed There are many houses destroyed by the earthquake.
  • wrecked The drunken sailors wrecked havoc inside the bar.
  • hammered The idea came to me when I was completely hammered.
  • plastered Antonio was seen walking with a plastered arm.
  • broken He got his arm broken while he was playing soccer.
  • busted Mangesh was trying to steal a TV when he got busted.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
smashedrising
destroyedsteady
wreckedsteady
hammeredrising
plasteredrising
brokenrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cut1, lit1
5 letters
drunk1, tight1, fried1, oiled1
6 letters
broken2, loaded2, busted2, soaked1, sprung1
7 letters
wrecked1, pickled2, muddled2
8 letters
hammered2, ruptured2
9 letters
destroyed2, disguised2, plastered2, pixilated
10 letters
inebriated5, shellacked2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (broken2 = 2 syllables).