dashed

UK /dæʃt/ US /dæʃt/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

against

VERB + DASHED

result, said, waves

DASHED + NOUN

confusion, cup, gan, glass, letter, pieces, proposal, seawall

PREP.

after, in, off, on, out, up, with

adj

Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

Damned.

It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.

I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.

adjective — having gaps or spaces

It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.

Wiktionary

I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.

Wiktionary

I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

Wiktionary

I dashed off the report.

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The news dashed our hopes.

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The man dashed the bottle against the wall.

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i Register

In some senses, dashed is marked as dated, informal, British, euphemistic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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