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gutted

[ guht-id ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Slang.

very sad, upset, frustrated, etc.:
We were absolutely gutted to find out that our favorite Italian restaurant is closing.

gutted

/ ˈɡʌtɪd /

Origin of gutted¹

First recorded in 1990–95; gut ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Jimbo and I walked up its ramp and into the hull, which looked like the gutted inside of a school bus.

“House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill,” wrote Raw Story.

Inside, the seats were gutted and replaced with benches flanking the walls.

Of course, the U.S. Supreme Court, which gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act last year, could uphold the laws in principle.

When the verdict came through, he said, “It took a moment to sink in but I felt gutted, absolutely gutted.”

Later had come lean and bitter years until finally his reputation dwindled like a gutted candle in a wintry room at midnight.

The District Headquarters building, gutted, was glowing like an abandoned fireplace.

The house was completely gutted, and the contents burned in bonfires kindled in the square.

London was on his side; the mob gutted Palliser's house and broke the windows of the admiralty and of some official residences.

One farm I found absolutely gutted save for a great and old Bible which stood upon a table in the largest room.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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