crush‧ing /ˈkrʌʃɪŋ/
adjective [usually before noun]1. very hard to deal with, and making you lose hope and confidence:
The Eighth Army had suffered a crushing defeat. Failing his final exams was a crushing blow (=made him lose hope and confidence). the crushing burden of debt2. a crushing remark, reply etc contains a very strong criticism
—crushingly adverb:
‘That’s fairly obvious,’ she replied crushingly. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲