Crush

//kɹʌʃ//

Synonyms for "crush" (398 found)

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Translations

313 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • ndesh noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • ngjesh noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)
  • pritë noun (crowd control barrier)
  • copto verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • συντρίβω verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Arabic

1 entries
  • هَرَسَ verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Armenian

1 entries
  • փշրել verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • doğramaq verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • ovmaq verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • əzmək verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • əzmək verb (to overcome completely)

Basque

2 entries
  • estutu verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • zapaldu verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ці́снуць verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • смачкване noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • увлечение noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • потискам verb (to oppress or burden grievously)
  • раздробявам verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aixafar verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • esclafar verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • xafar verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 動心 /动心 noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • 喜歡 /喜欢 noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • 愛上 /爱上 noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • 暗戀 /暗恋 noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • taptamaq noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)

Czech

4 entries
  • drtit verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • drtit verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • drtit verb (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)
  • drtit verb (to oppress or burden grievously)

Danish

4 entries
  • barrikade noun (crowd control barrier)
  • forelskelse noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • sammenstød noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • finknuse verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bevlieging noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • crush noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • dranghek noun (crowd control barrier)
  • overrompeling noun (violent crowding)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • enamiĝo noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • fulma enamiĝo noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • disbati verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • dispremi verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Ewe

2 entries
  • to verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • tu verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ihastus noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • juhlat noun (festive function)
  • mellakka-aita noun (crowd control barrier)
  • murskaantuminen noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)

French

4 entries
  • amourette noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • barricade noun (crowd control barrier)
  • béguin noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • coup de cœur noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Galician

4 entries
  • asoballar verb (to oppress or burden grievously)
  • esmagar verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • esmagar verb (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)
  • esmagar verb (to oppress or burden grievously)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გაჭყლეტვა noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • ჭყლეტა noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)
  • ჭყლეტვა noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • ჭყლეტვა noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)

German

4 entries
  • Absperrung noun (crowd control barrier)
  • Kollision noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • Party noun (festive function)
  • Polizeigitter noun (crowd control barrier)

Gheg Albanian

2 entries
  • njesh noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • bluj verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Greek

4 entries
  • λιώνω verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • λιώνω verb (to overcome completely)
  • συνθλίβω verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • συνθλίβω verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הידלקות noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • מחץ verb (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gebetan noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Irish

2 entries
  • meil verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • meil verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Italian

4 entries
  • calca noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • cotta noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • ressa noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • frantumare verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ときめき noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • 砕く verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Khmer

3 entries
  • គ្រញិច verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • បុក verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • សង្កិន verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Korean

3 entries
  • 호감 noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • 누르다 verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • 짓이기다 verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Latin

2 entries
  • pervinco verb (to overcome completely)
  • pīnsō verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • симпатија noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • симпатија noun (the human object of such infatuation or affection)

Malay

4 entries
  • hancur verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • kisar verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • remuk verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • renyuk verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Māori

4 entries
  • unuora noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • korotē verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • kotē verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • whakamatariki verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Norman

4 entries
  • êcraser verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • êcraser verb (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)
  • êcraser verb (to oppress or burden grievously)
  • êcraser verb (to overcome completely)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • finknuse verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • knuse verb (to oppress or burden grievously)
  • knuse verb (to overcome completely)
  • sammenpresse verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • knuse verb (to be or become broken down or in)

Polish

4 entries
  • crush noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • sympatia noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • zauroczenie noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • kruszyć verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • choque noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • colisão noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • crush noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • fraquinho noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Quechua

1 entries
  • chanqay verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Romanian

3 entries
  • măcina verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • pulveriza verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • strivi verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Russian

4 entries
  • влюбленность noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • да́вка noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)
  • пы́лкая любо́вь noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • разда́вливание noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • पिनष्टि verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • भनक्ति verb (to overcome completely)

Scots

2 entries
  • champ verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • pran verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • pronn verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • pronn verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • pronn verb (to overwhelm by pressure or weight)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • simpatija noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • zatreskanost noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Spanish

4 entries
  • aplastamiento noun (violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin)
  • aplastamiento noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)
  • aplastamiento noun (violent crowding)
  • camote noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Swedish

4 entries
  • förälskelse noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • trängsel noun (violent pressure, as of a crowd)
  • krossa verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • krossa verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Thai

2 entries
  • ขยี้ verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • บด verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • mäl verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎉𐎈𐎐 verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • дави́ти verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • nghiền verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • ép verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)
  • đè verb (to press or bruise between two hard bodies)

Walloon

4 entries
  • broyî verb (to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding)
  • esse roed bleu sot verb (to feel unrequited love)
  • si spotchî verb (to be or become broken down or in)
  • spiyî verb (to overcome completely)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿאַרליבעניש noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))
  • פֿאַרקאָכעניש noun (love or infatuation or its object (often short-lived or unrequited))

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

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I wish people would stop saying things in ways that crush young dreams.

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Lucy's innocent crush turned into an obsession.

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Crush the can before you throw it away.

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He had a crush on his Chinese teacher; but what with all the hormones, he had a crush on just about everyone.

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