crushed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /kɹʌʃt/
Meanings
- Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
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Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.
We were totally crushed upon hearing the news of your accident.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Her top was of black crushed velvet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more crushed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most crushed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crushed sugar · crushed strawberry · crushed velvet · uncrushed
Translations (27)
bg стрит (pulverised) · ru толчёный (pulverised) · vi nát (pulverised) · tyz bjải lát (pulverised) · ru разби́тый (saddened) · sa पिष्ट (pulverised) · tyz bjải (pulverised) · vi nát toét (pulverised) · ro pisat (pulverised) · cs zdrcený (saddened) · tyz bjải bjác (pulverised) · vi nát bét (pulverised) · cs drcený (pulverised) · nl verpletterd (pulverised) · bg разбит (saddened) · ro zdrobit (pulverised) · nb knust (pulverised) · ru дроблёный (pulverised) · uk розча́влений (saddened) · la pistus (pulverised) · cs rozdrcený (pulverised) · tyz bjải bjét (pulverised) · fr attristé (saddened) · ru пода́вленный (saddened) · fr déprimé (saddened) · da knust (pulverised) · bg смазан (saddened)