Something that's crushing is terribly upsetting or overwhelming. Your favorite team's crushing loss to its rival comes as a huge, disappointing surprise.
That crushes; overwhelming.
Noun
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
Adjective S.
physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Crush
a.
That crushes; overwhelming.
Crushing
That crushes; overwhelming.
Usage Examples
If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.
Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely.
With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life.
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Other Usage ExamplesWinning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing.
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