Meanings
grounded1
comparative more grounded · superlative most grounded
- nauticalAground.
1 more example
Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 27:01 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022 - CanadaUSbusinessOf or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.
- predicativeConfined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.
"Sam, wait. You're not actually grounded. I just want you to be better about listening when I tell you something."
2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4903: Acquittal - With well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
Near-synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise; realistic, real; mature; see also Thesaurus:wise
Synonyms: prudent, reasonable, sensible, wise, realistic, real, mature, astute · Antonyms: out of touch, flighty, spacy, fake, pretentious, poseurish
grounded2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of ground
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWith well-considered priorities through a good understanding of what truly matters.
Origin
grounded · adjective
- Middle Englishgrounded
- Englishgrounded
From Middle English grounded, i-grounded, equivalent to ground + -ed.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →grounded · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian заземен
- заземен (zazemen)of a conductor connected to earth
Czech mít zaracha
- mít zarachaconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Esperanto surgrunda, grundinta
- surgrundaaground
- grundintaaground
Finnish lentokiellossa, maadoitettu
- lentokiellossanot allowed to fly
- maadoitettuof a conductor connected to earth
- kotiarestissaconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
French interdit de vol, puni
- interdit de volnot allowed to fly
- puniconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
German mit Flugverbot belegt, geerdet
- mit Flugverbot belegtnot allowed to fly
- geerdetof a conductor connected to earth
- Hausarrest habenconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Hungarian szobafogság
- szobafogságconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Icelandic í straffi
- í strafficonfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Polish uziemiony, uziemiony
- uziemionynot allowed to fly
- uziemionyof a conductor connected to earth
Russian заземлённый, наказан
- заземлённый (zazemljónnyj)of a conductor connected to earth
- наказан (nakazan)confined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Spanish detenido en tierra, conectado a tierra
- detenido en tierranot allowed to fly
- conectado a tierraof a conductor connected to earth
- castigadoconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Swedish belagd med flygförbud, få flygförbud
- belagd med flygförbudnot allowed to fly
- få flygförbudnot allowed to fly
- jordadof a conductor connected to earth
- i rumsarrestconfined to one's room for some misdemeanor
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with grounded
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Cite this entry
grounded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grounded
“grounded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grounded. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grounded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grounded.
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