crushed

[kɹʌʃt]

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When someone's feelings are hurt really badly, they can feel crushed.

The word "crushed" usually means feeling extremely sad or depressed. People often use it to describe how they felt when something terrible happened to them, like a breakup or losing their job. It can also be used to talk about emotions that are overwhelming and hard to handle. For example, "I was so crushed after my mom passed away" means you were heartbroken and couldn't cope with the loss.

How common is "crushed"?

Word crushed is considered uncommon in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

verb

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity of it, or to force together into a mass.
Example: to crush grapes
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
Example: to crush quartz
To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
Example: After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Example: The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
Example: an eggshell crushes easily
To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
Example: She's crushing on him.
To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.

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adjective

Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Example: Her top was of black crushed velvet.

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