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[ adjective ] treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

Examples

"crushed velvet"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Softness is found in crushed textures .

At right is a casual style in a crushed unlined white leather .

Related terms

rough

2
[ adjective ] humiliated in defeat

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

Every slight sound that rose against that pressure fell_away again , crushed beneath it .

Related terms

defeated

3
[ adjective ] subdued or brought low in condition or status

Examples

"brought low" "a broken man" "his broken spirit"

Related terms

humble

4
[ adjective ] broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone

Synonyms

ground

Examples

"paved with crushed bluestone" "ground glass is used as an abrasive"

Related terms

broken

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