crushing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌʃɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʌʃɪŋ

crushing

1. present participle of crush

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.

(disheartening):

• gutting (British)
• See also Thesaurus:disheartening

crushing (countable and uncountable, plural crushings)

1. The action of the verb to crush.
2. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim.
3. (in the plural) crushed material

   oilseed crushings

• ruchings