Antonyms for crushed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kruhsh
Phonetic Transcription : krʌʃ


Definition of crushed

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French cruissir (Modern French écraser), variant of croissir "to gnash (teeth), crash, break," perhaps from Frankish *krostjan "to gnash" (cf. Gothic kriustan, Old Swedish krysta "to gnash"). Figurative sense of "to humiliate, demoralize" is c.1600. Related: Crushed; crushing. Italian crosciare, Catalan cruxir, Spanish crujirare "to crack" are Germanic loan-words.
  • verb compress, smash
  • verb defeating soundly
  • verb humiliate
Example sentences :
  • They stood together by the crushed ring where Mimi had made his bed.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • No grains are crushed or damaged by the feet or shovels of workmen.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • There was the dreary monotone of crushed hope in Porter's voice as he spoke.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • She comprehended only too well that it was not that alone which had crushed her.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • To be crushed, as it were, under the tip of a forefinger was an unpleasant experience.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Is crushed to death by Bewulf in a hand-to-hand combat, 2502 ff.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • While Ariston looked, a ship was picked up and crushed and swallowed.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • If they fall upon houses, the roofs are crushed by the weight.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • With a stride Duncan caught his hand and crushed it in his own.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • She laid her face upon it, and crushed the soft leaves against her cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for crushed

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