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crash·ing
(krăsh′ĭng)adj.
Total; absolute: a crashing bore.
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crashing
(ˈkræʃɪŋ)adj
(prenominal) informal (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
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crash•ing
(ˈkræʃ ɪŋ)adj.
1. absolute; complete: a crashing bore.
2. superlative; exceptional.
[1925–30]
crash′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | crashing - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" |
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crashing
adjectiveCompletely such, without qualification or exception:
absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.
Chiefly British: blooming.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
crashing
adj (dated inf) he’s/it’s a crashing bore → er/es ist fürchterlich or zum Einschlafen langweilig (inf)
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crashing
[ˈkræʃɪŋ] adj (fam) (old) it's/he's a crashing bore → è tremendamente noioso, è di una noia mortaleCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995