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adjective
- 1. excellent; wonderful: informal British "you look smashing!"
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1. : that smashes : crushing. a smashing defeat. 2. : extraordinarily impressive or effective. a smashing performance. smashingly. ˈsma-shiŋ-lē. adverb. Examples of smashing in a Sentence.
extremely good, attractive, enjoyable, or pleasant: There's a smashing view from her office. Jonathan would make a smashing dad. He looks smashing in his dinner suit. Synonyms. cracking UK informal. dandy US old-fashioned or humorous. great informal. neat (GOOD) mainly US informal. nifty informal. peachy informal. swell US old-fashioned informal.
1. adjective. If you describe something or someone as smashing, you mean that you like them very much. [British, informal, old-fashioned] It was smashing. I really enjoyed it. She's a smashing girl. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A smashing success or victory is one that is impressive and definite. [emphasis]
Definitions of smashing. adjective. very good. “you look simply smashing ”. synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell. good. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified. noun.
Smashing definition: impressive or wonderful. See examples of SMASHING used in a sentence.
Define smashing. smashing synonyms, smashing pronunciation, smashing translation, English dictionary definition of smashing. adj. 1. Serving to smash: a smashing blow to the head. 2. Informal Extraordinarily impressive or fine; wonderful: a smashing success. smash′ing·ly adv....
( British informal) Wonderful, very good or impressive. Thought to be corruption of Irish Is maith é sin. (meaning "that's good"). We had a smashing time at the zoo. Wiktionary. Synonyms: cracking. corking. bully. bang-up. swell. slap-up. peachy. not-bad. nifty. neat. dandy.
Definition of smashing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
smashing meaning, definition, what is smashing: very good: Learn more.
smash /smæʃ/ v. to (cause to) break to pieces, as by striking or dashing against something; shatter: [ no object] The vase smashed to pieces when I dropped it. [ ~ + object] He smashed the vase to pieces. to destroy or defeat completely:[ ~ + object] The attack on that country smashed its ability to make war again.
