crushed
/kɹʌʃt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.03 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of crush
adj
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
adj
adj
Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Example Sentences
- "We were totally crushed upon hearing the news of your accident."
- "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit."
- "Her top was of black crushed velvet."
Inflected Forms
more crushed (comparative)
most crushed (superlative)