What does squashed mean?
Squashed means squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp.
Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
He dropped his cigarette on the sidewalk, shaking his head as he squashed the butt out with the heel of his shoe.
Use squashed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Squashed means squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
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