crushed
/kɹʌʃt/adjective, verb
crushed is spelled C-R-U-S-H-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crushed means “Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crushed?
| Letters | 7: C-R-U-S-H-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crushed?
Crushed appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crushed?
- /kɹʌʃt/
Crushed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sapaa-crushed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crushed
- more crushed comparative
- most crushed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crushed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
- 2
Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.
We were totally crushed upon hearing the news of your accident.
- 3
Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Her top was of black crushed velvet.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of crush
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crushed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense saddened:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.