Green’s Dictionary of Slang

deeply disappointed, sick and tired, fed up, utterly depressed, very upset.

1963		J.Y. Bryan Come to the Bower 223: [H]e could assume a slackened, gloomy expression declaring that the brutality of her attitude left him absolutely gutted.
1972		C. Bukowski Erections, Ejaculations etc. 76: There are very few people i can bear to stay in a room with for more than 5 minutes without feeling gutted.
1974		B. Stratton Who Guards the Guards? 92: I was absolutely gutted over his appointment [...] 110: [A]bsolutely gutted that I wasn’t staying down below with them all, but I had better things to do.
1981		J. Sullivan ‘Cash and Curry’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] I always feel emotionally peckish when I’ve been gutted.
1988		J. Healy Grass Arena (1990) 52: I was not being put back with my former gang! Instead I was to work in the prison overall shop ... Was I gutted!
1993		I. Welsh Trainspotting 100: A few hours later, Lenny was guttered as well as gutted.
2000		Guardian 28 Jan. 7: I feel completely and utterly gutted.
2006		P. Carey Theft 265: Butcher was completely gutted, his life-work stolen.
2011		Observer Sport 30 Jan. 7/3: We took the game to them and we're gutted.
2017		V. McDermid Insidious Intent (2018) 208: ‘He’s going to be gutted’.
2017		T. Spicer Good Girl Stripped Bare 171: Both times, I feel the same: utterly gutted.
2019		A. Killilea Boyo-wulf at https://boyowulf.home.blog 22 Apr. 🌐 Their mighty king, pure legend of princes, sat there, absolutely gutted with sadness.