Overwhelm Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overwhelm has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Noun

The state or condition of being overwhelmed.

Verb

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overwhelm overpower sweep over whelm overcome overtake

charge someone with too many tasks

overwhelm deluge flood out

cover completely or make imperceptible

"I was drowned in work"

"The noise drowned out her speech"

submerge drown overwhelm

overcome by superior force

overpower overmaster overwhelm

To engulf, surge over and submerge.

See Also

swarm catharsis crush knockdown daunt steamroll overbear sweep up

Related Terms

swarm catharsis crush knockdown daunt steamroll overbear sweep up deluge inundate keep one's head above water flabbergast too many balls in air take by storm overwhelms snow under over overpress bowl over knock for loop

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

arouse charge cover beat

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

devastate seize kill benight knock out stagger lock steamroller

Rhyming Words

elm helm yelm chelm whelm anselm dunelm schelm behelm uphelm unhelm at helm red elm vilhelm wilhelm dishelm unwhelm autohelm rock elm wych elm

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