crushing

English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌʃɪŋ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ

Verb

crushing

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) present participle of crush

Adjective

crushing (comparative more crushing, superlative most crushing)

1. That crushes; overwhelming.

   a crushing defeat

2. Devastatingly disheartening.

   crushing guilt

   Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.

Synonyms

(disheartening):

• gutting (British)
• See also Wikisaurus:disheartening

Translations

that crushes

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: съкрушителен (bg) (sǎkrušítelen)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: verpletterend (nl)
• Faroese: knúsandi
• Finnish: murskaava (fi)
• French: écrasant (fr)
• German: niederschmetternd
• Greek: συντριπτικός (el) (syntriptikós)
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• Khmer: ដ៏ខ្លាំង (dɑɑ klaŋ), ដ៏ធំធេង (dɑɑ tʰom tʰeeŋ)
• Norwegian: knusende
• Polish: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: arrasador
• Romanian: copleșitor (ro)
• Russian: сокруши́тельный (ru) (sokrušítelʹnyj)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: arrollador m

Noun

crushing (countable and uncountable, plural crushings)

1. The action of the verb to crush.

   oilseed crushings

2. A former method of execution.
3. (in plural) crushed material

Translations

action of the verb

• Romanian: strivire (ro) f, turtire (ro) f, zdrobire (ro) f
• Russian: дробле́ние (ru) n (droblénije) (breaking up), разда́вливание (ru) n (razdávlivanije), размельче́ние (ru) n (razmelʹčénije)
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method of execution

• Russian: уничтоже́ние (ru) n (uničtožénije), разруше́ние (ru) n (razrušénije)
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Anagrams

• ruchings