crush
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2.9
- noun
- /krʌʃ/
- Informal
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- I know you have a crush on me.
- develop a crush
So we've got a case of a crush induced psychosis.
- So we've got a case of a crush induced psychosis.
- What's up with Isabelle's weird crush on Sam?
- My first celebrity crush was the Spice Girls.
- My first celebrity crush was Miss Jackson.
- I used to have a little crush on Lorraine's friend.
- Her life revolves around her crushes and sexualizing men.
- We saw one of our childhood crushes moms walking the street.
- It wasn't my first crush was my no, my like.
- I had just mad crushes with absolute shyness.
- Now I have a massive, massive crush on girl crush on Jane Bradley.
- There's so many straight women having girl crushing on there.
Examples
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McCullers's first girlhood crush on her piano teacher both inspired and confused her.
Academic text (2008) -
Eddie had a crush on her, and that was all it took.
Fiction book (1996) -
Your old high school crush, the one that got away.
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How to make your Internet crush notice you on social media.
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Girl's got a crush on me.
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Adam Smith, the guy I had a major crush on since I was 10.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was certain, however, almost from the first, that he had a crush on me.
Fiction book (1994) -
Max, oh, my goodness, I have a crush on your son.
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I developed an instant sort of crush on her; she fascinated me.
Fiction book (1996) -
I had a huge crush on my classmate during high school.
Synonyms
20
5.1
A strong short feeling of attraction that is not true love
7
3.7
A strong short romantic feeling often felt by young people
1
7.5
A short innocent romantic feeling that teenagers often have
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
1
7.4
A strong friendly feeling a man has for another man that is not sexual, often for a celebrity
How Attracted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crush: The romantic sense of crush comes from an old English word crusian meaning 'to press', so a young person's 'crush' is a short, strong liking that feels like being pressed or overwhelmed by feeling.