crushing

[ˈkɹʌʃɪŋ]

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crush

An overwhelming feeling or situation can leave someone feeling crushed, like their heart is literally being squeezed.

Imagine being in love and then going through a breakup - it's not just sadness but a heavy weight on your chest. You might feel like you're carrying around this pain everywhere you go. Or think of a sports team that loses a big game, they can be left feeling crushed by the defeat. It's like their hopes and dreams were shattered all at once.

The word "crushing" is often used to describe strong emotions or intense situations. You might use it to talk about your own feelings, but also to describe something happening around you - like a team losing a championship game or someone getting devastating news.

How common is "crushing"?

Word crushing is considered rare 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.