Whelm Moderate

Whelm has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

A surge of water.

Verb

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

overwhelm overpower sweep over whelm overcome overtake

To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

See Also

overcome whelms engulf whelmed bury overwhelm whammel emotion

Related Terms

overcome whelms engulf whelmed bury overwhelm whammel emotion whemmle whelming submerge

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

arouse

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

devastate seize kill benight knock out stagger lock

Rhyming Words

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

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