adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of crush form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
2. 2
   Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.

   "We were totally crushed upon hearing the news of your accident."

3. 3
   Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed. not-comparable

   "Her top was of black crushed velvet."

Adjective

1. 1
   subdued or brought low in condition or status wordnet
2. 2
   treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

humiliatedabashedashamedbaffledbalkedbetrayed

Example

More examples

"We were crushed into the crowded train."

Related phrases

crushed strawberrycrushed sugarcrushed velvet

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