crushing
adjective
[ ˈkrʌʃɪŋ ]
• causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment.
• "the news came as a crushing blow"
crush
verb
• compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.
• "the front of his car was crushed in the collision"
Similar:
squash,
squeeze,
press,
compress,
pulp,
mash,
macerate,
mangle,
flatten,
trample on,
tread on,
squidge,
splat,
smush,
pulverize,
pound,
grind,
break up,
smash,
shatter,
crumble,
crunch,
splinter,
mill,
pestle,
triturate,
comminute,
bray,
levigate,
powderize,
kibble,
• violently subdue (opposition or a rebellion).
Similar:
suppress,
put down,
quell,
quash,
squash,
stamp out,
put an end to,
put a stop to,
overcome,
overpower,
defeat,
extinguish,
vanquish,
triumph over,
break,
bring someone to their knees,
repress,
subdue,
• make (someone) feel overwhelmingly disappointed or embarrassed.
• "I was crushed—was I not good enough?"
Similar:
mortify,
humiliate,
abash,
chagrin,
deflate,
demoralize,
flatten,
squash,
devastate,
shatter,
put down,
shoot down in flames,
take down a peg or two,
cut down to size,
put someone in their place,
make someone eat humble pie,
settle someone's hash,
knock the stuffing out of,
make someone eat crow,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cruissir, ‘gnash (teeth) or crack’, of unknown origin.
