crushed
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //kɹʌʃt//
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
verb
- 1
Also a form of crushsimple past and past participle of crush
adjective
- 1
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
- 2
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.
- 3
Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Her top was of black crushed velvet.
Forms
- comparative
- more crushed
- superlative
- most crushed
crushed · Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
crusher · Someone or something that crushes.Crusher · A surnamecrushing · That crushes; overwhelming.