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| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of animate beings |
| Synonyms: | drove, gathering, horde, huddle, jam, multitude, party, press, push, throng, tumult |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
| Synonyms: | beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle, comminute, contriturate, contuse, kablooey |
| Antonyms: | release, let go, uncompress, unwrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infatuation |
| Synonyms: | desire, flame, love affair, passion, puppy love*, torch, beguin |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bear down, beat, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out*, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck, blot out*, blow away, force down, quelch |
| Antonyms: | lose, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abash, browbeat, chagrin, dispose of, dump, hurt, mortify, overwhelm, put away*, put down*, quash, quell, shame, suppress |
| Antonyms: | build up, compliment, encourage, praise, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, infatuation, passion, puppy love*, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, yen*, amore, idolization, pash, worshipping |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch*, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love*, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot*, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen*, amore |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in*, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, rub out*, ruin, slaughter, undo, vitiate, wipe out*, wrack*, wreck, blot out*, finish off, root out*, take out* |
| Antonyms: | help, preserve, revive, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck, contuse |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break blood vessel; discolor |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, crush, damage, deface, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing*, bang up, bung up, contuse, do a number on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out*, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow*, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | clan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, clique |
| Synonyms: | association, band, bunch, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, folks, gang, group, house, mob, moiety, organization, outfit, race, ring, sect, set, society, sodality, stock, tribe, insiders, kinfolks |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
| Synonyms: | Mafia, bunch, cabal, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society, camarilla, in-group, insiders |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | crackdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint |
| Synonyms: | crush, end, repression, stop, strike, suppression, clampdown |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish*, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break or fall into pieces |
| Synonyms: | break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble |
| Antonyms: | build, put together |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
| Synonyms: | buckle, collapse, crease, crimp, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, go to pieces, pucker, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle, break down, cave in, crimple, give way, rimple, ruck |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
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