gutted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gutted
First recorded in 1990–95; gut ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
The group's Teri Davies said: "All of us are totally gutted, all that hard work and it's just gone."
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
My mother’s relief was instant, but only years later would I learn that the antibiotics that saved my life had also gutted something else: a microbial ecosystem I’d been building since birth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
When the couple bought the New York home, it had undergone an extensive renovation—including the addition of a new roof—which had left much of the property gutted.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Whatever it was, the notion of her facing them alone gutted him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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