Antonyms for crushing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kruhsh
Phonetic Transcription : krʌʃ


Definition of crushing

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 :
  • The mother's manner was a crushing rebuke to the young man for his audacity.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He gloried in his knotted muscles and the crushing power of his desires.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He had leaned back in the chair and gathered his hat close to his breast, crushing it.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Yet she did not know that she was crushing out the germ which might have grown in his heart.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The accusing revelation that had come from Crane in the afternoon had been a crushing blow.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Peter slammed its door to, crushing them so that he loosed his grip, with a howl.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • I wanted to go up the mountains, so that they should lose their crushing effect.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • No individual wealth protects a man from the sorrow that is crushing the community.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • I am secure against that crushing grip of iron poverty, which, alas!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • A symbol, a symbol of the bonds which are crushing the brave spirits of our—ahem!
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for crushing

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