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
- 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
- abash
- annihilate
- bear down
- beat
- blot out
- blow away
- bray
- break
- browbeat
- bruise
- buck
- chagrin
- comminute
- conquer
- contriturate
- contuse
- crease
- crowd
- crumble
- crunch
- defeat
- demolish
- dispose of
- dump
- embrace
- enfold
- express
- extinguish
- force down
- hug
- hurt
- ice
- jam
- kablooey
- kill
- mash
- mortify
- obliterate
- overcome
- overpower
- overwhelm
- pound
- powder
- press
- pulverize
- push
- put away
- put down
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- reduce
- romp
- ruin
- rumple
- shame
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- squish
- stamp out
- strangle
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- total
- trample
- tread
- triturate
- vanquish
- wreck
- wrinkle
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