crushed

UK /kɹʌʃt/ US /kɹʌʃt/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.

2

Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.

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.

3

Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.

Her top was of black crushed velvet.

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