The specific flavour of gutted that comes attached to a clear, identifiable loss — as opposed to vague disappointment.
The specific flavour of gutted that comes attached to a clear, identifiable loss — as opposed to vague disappointment. L gutted is categorised, almost bureaucratic in its sadness. You know exactly what the L was, you know it was deserved or unfair, and now you're sitting with both the loss and the devastation about the loss. It's the feeling after a 0-1 defeat at home, a rejected application, or being left on read after a long message. Diagnosis is the first step.
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When you're so thoroughly disappointed that it stops being a feeling and becomes your entire operating state. Gutted mode is that post-loss paralysis where texting back feels impossible, getting off the sofa feels heroic, and even your phone brightness feels like a personal attack. It's not just sad — it's a full system slowdown. You entered gutted mode the moment that result came in and you haven't left since. Timeline full of mutual suffering? Classic gutted mode solidarity.
Deeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down.
The apex of the gutted experience — the moment when disappointment reaches its most acute, almost cinematic form. Peak gutted implies you have hit the ceiling of how bad the feeling can get, and perversely there's almost a clarity in that. It's used with a resigned British specificity: not hysteria, but a bone-deep, maximum-load sadness acknowledged out loud so that others can properly appreciate the weight of it. You don't escalate from peak gutted. You just sit in it.
Fully L gutted after that final exam — knew the answer ten minutes after I handed it in.
The unmistakable aura someone radiates when they're running on disappointment. Gutted energy isn't loud — it's the heavy sigh before anyone speaks, the short replies, the way they're present but visibly somewhere else processing a loss. You read gutted energy across a room before a word is said. It can infect a group chat, a dressing room, or a whole office in minutes. Recognising it is an act of emotional intelligence; ignoring it is a social skill issue.