Was gutted when I switched the phone back on last night.
We are fine. Neither of the two are catching us. I'm absolutely with you on arse bottling it though. It would be as funny as spurs going down would be! Plus scum fans would be gutted if Citeh won it again!
British: deeply disappointed, in a soft, sad-boy-online way. The emotional inverse of chuffed. Delivered with a sigh — "absolutely gutted about the match," "gutted the bakery was closed."
"Tickets sold out before I could buy one — gutted."
gutted means British: deeply disappointed, in a soft, sad-boy-online way. It's mostly used in British informal speech. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Wake County Meals on Wheels goes above & beyond for seniors, providing many over half of their weekly meals. But cuts in the Big Ugly Law have gutted food assistance. I visited Wake MOW and delivered meals to seniors…
“Was gutted when I switched the phone back on last night.”
“We are fine. Neither of the two are catching us. I'm absolutely with you on arse bottling it though. It would be as funny as spurs going down would be! Plus scum fans would be gutted if Citeh won it again!”
“Wake County Meals on Wheels goes above & beyond for seniors, providing many over half of their weekly meals. But cuts in the Big Ugly Law have gutted food assistance. I visited Wake MOW and delivered meals to seniors to hear how these cuts are hurting our community.”
“Absolutely nobody could have seen this coming. Shocked, gutted and will learn no lasting lessons from this.”
“Fish prepared as daing are usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun and air-dried.”
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With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.
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Deeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.
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Having a gut or guts.
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