v. Simple past tense and past participle of overwhelm.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. same as overpowered.
adj. defeated easily by a greatly superior opponent.
Word Usage
"Daniel Nestor can only come up with the word "overwhelmed" to describe the feeling of having a star with his name on it placed alongside stars for Canadians such as Wayne Gretzky and Michael J. Fox."