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Overwhelm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.

v. To defeat completely and decisively: Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.

v. To affect deeply in mind or emotion: Despair overwhelmed me.

v. To present with an excessive amount: They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.

v. To turn over; upset: The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To engulf, surge-over and submerge

v. To overpower, crush

v. To overpower emotionally

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

v. To project or impend over threateningly.

v. To cause to surround, to cover.

n. The act of overwhelming.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To overturn and cover; overcome; swallow up; submerge; overpower: crush: literally or figuratively.

To turn up; stir up; toss.

To overhang or overlook.

To turn over so as to cover; put over.

Synonyms Overpower, Overthrow, etc. (see defeat), overbear.

n. The act of overwhelming; an overpowering degree.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

v. overcome by superior force

v. cover completely or make imperceptible

v. charge someone with too many tasks

Word Usage

"And then she gets angry and upset and the combination of her frustration and the pain overwhelm her and she cries and cries and cries and then curls up into a tired little ball and MY."

Verb Form

overwhelmed overwhelming overwhelms

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cover spread over charge burden saddle

Cross Reference

overflow overcome covert

Form

overwhelming

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ingulf overpower crush bury

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Helm elm helm realm underwhelm

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sudden overpower intense considerable immediate inexplicable appal