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crushed

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kɹʌʃt/
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  • rhymes with -ʌʃt
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AH1 SH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

Examples

  • Her top was of black crushed velvet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of crush

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

subdued or brought low in condition or status

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • brought low
  • a broken man
  • his broken spirit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broken, humbled, humiliated, low

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • crushed velvet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: стрит (strit) — pulverised
  • Czech: drcený — pulverised
  • Czech: rozdrcený — pulverised
  • Danish: knust — pulverised
  • Dutch: verpletterd — pulverised
  • Latin: pistus — pulverised
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knust — pulverised
  • Romanian: zdrobit — pulverised
  • Romanian: pisat — pulverised
  • Russian: дроблёный (drobljónyj) — pulverised
  • Russian: толчёный (tolčónyj) — pulverised
  • Sanskrit: पिष्ट (piṣṭa) — pulverised
  • Tày: bjải — pulverised
  • Tày: bjải bjác — pulverised
  • Tày: bjải bjét — pulverised
  • Tày: bjải lát — pulverised
  • Vietnamese: nát — pulverised
  • Vietnamese: nát bét — pulverised
  • Vietnamese: nát toét — pulverised
  • Bulgarian: смазан (smazan) — saddened
  • Bulgarian: разбит (razbit) — saddened
  • Czech: zdrcený — saddened
  • French: attristé — saddened
  • French: déprimé — saddened
  • Russian: пода́вленный (podávlennyj) — saddened
  • Russian: разби́тый (razbítyj) — saddened
  • Ukrainian: розча́влений (rozčávlenyj) — saddened
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