dashed

Verb

• run or move very quickly or hastily
  • "She dashed into the yard"
• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
• hurl or thrust violently
  • "He dashed the plate against the wall"
• destroy or break
  • "dashed ambitions and hopes"
• cause to lose courage
  • "dashed by the refusal"
• add an enlivening or altering element to
  • "blue paint dashed with white"
• past participle of dash

Adjective Satellite

• having gaps or spaces

Adj

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

Examples

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

Synonyms

broken, crash, darned, dart, dash, daunt, dotted, flash, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off, scoot, scud, shoot, smash

Related Words

dash-dotted, dotted