smashing

smashing
Synonyms and related words:
OK, Smyth sewing, abrasion, ace-high, appulse, atomization, attrition, backing, bad, bang-up, beating, bibliopegy, binder board, binding, bonzer, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, boss, brecciation, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bully, bump, but good, cannon, carambole, carom, case, casemaking, casing-in, censorship, clash, collating, collating mark, collision, comminution, concussion, concussive, cool, corking, cover, crack-up, crackdown, crackerjack, crash, crashing, crumbling, crump, crunch, crushing, dandy, delicious, demolishment, demolition, detrition, disassembly, disintegration, dismantlement, ducky, dust cover, dust jacket, encounter, extinguishment, fab, fine and dandy, flattening, folding, footband, fragmentation, gathering, gear, gluing-off, granulation, granulization, grating, great, grinding, groovy, hammering, hard binding, headband, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, impact, impingement, jacket, jam-up, just dandy, keen, leveling, levigation, library binding, lining, lining-up, marvy, mashing, mauling, mean, mechanical binding, meeting, neat, nifty, niggerhead, nobby, okay, onslaught, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, percussion, percussive, perfect binding, plastic binding, pounding, powdering, putting down, quashing, quelling, quenching, ramming, razing, repression, ripping, rounding, rum, saddle stitching, scrumptious, sewing, shock, shredding, side sewing, sideswipe, signature, slap-up, sledgehammering, slipcase, slipcover, smash, smash-up, smothering, soft binding, solid, something else, spiffing, spiffy, spiral binding, squashing, squelching, stamping, stapling, stifling, strangling, stunning, subdual, suffocating, suppression, swell, tailband, tearing down, throttling, thrusting, tipping, tough, trimming, trituration, unmaking, whomp, wire stitching, wizard, wrapper, wreckage, wrecking

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • smashing — ► ADJECTIVE informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ excellent; wonderful …   English terms dictionary

  • smashing — [smash′iŋ] adj. 1. that smashes 2. Informal outstandingly good; extraordinary smashingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • smashing — [[t]smæ̱ʃɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ If you describe something or someone as smashing, you mean that you like them very much. [BRIT, INFORMAL] It was smashing. I really enjoyed it... She s a smashing girl. 2) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) A smashing success or… …   English dictionary

  • smashing — adjective Date: 1825 1. that smashes ; crushing < a smashing defeat > 2. extraordinarily impressive or effective < a smashing performance > • smashingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smashing — smashingly, adv. /smash ing/, adj. 1. impressive or wonderful: a smashing display. 2. crushing or devastating: a smashing defeat. [1825 35; SMASH + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • smashing — mod. excellent; really tremendous. □ We had a smashing time at your little do. □ This whole meal has been smashing …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Smashing — Smash Smash (sm[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smashed} (sm[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smashing}.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.] 1. To break in pieces by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smashing — adj. Smashing is used with these nouns: ↑lad, ↑success …   Collocations dictionary

  • smashing — smash|ing [ˈsmæʃıŋ] adj BrE old fashioned very good = ↑brilliant ▪ We had a smashing holiday …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Smashing — If something is smashing, it means it is terrific …   The American's guide to speaking British

  • smashing — very beautiful, very attractive    Nicole looks absolutely smashing in that red dress …   English idioms

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