shafted adj.
1. treated unfairly, in serious trouble; usu. as get shafted.
One Lonely Night 109: The only one who can get shafted is me. | ||
Cannibals 255: The word is you got shafted. | ||
Tenants (1972) 16: The innocent landlord gets shafted. | ||
College Sl. Dict. 🌐 get shafted [Ga. Tech] to be required to write an extremely difficult exam. | ||
Official and Doubtful 348: You want to hit back, but you don’t want to do without him, so you’re shafted. | ||
I, Fatty 160: He got shafted by Mack. |
2. rejected when seeking a date.
CUSS 192: Shafted Turned down when asking for a date. | et al.
3. suffering a broken relationship.
Campus Sl. Nov. 3: shafted – to be jilted in a romance. |