About The Word Overwhelm
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Overwhelm Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Overwhelm?
[v] charge someone with too many tasks
[v] overcome by superior force [v] cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" [v] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli Synonyms | Synonyms for Overwhelm: deluge | drown | flood out | overcome | overmaster | overpower | overpower | overtake | submerge | sweep over | whelm Related Terms | Find terms related to Overwhelm: afflict | aggrieve | amaze | anguish | answer | answer conclusively | argue down | astonish | astound | awe | awestrike | baptize | be prodigal with | be strong | beat | beat down | bedaze | bedazzle | bend | bewilder | blank | board | boggle | bowl down | bowl over | break | break down | bring down | bring low | bring to tears | bring to terms | bulldoze | bury | cascade | cataract | clobber | confound | confuse | confute | conquer | contradict | controvert | cream | crush | cut up | daze | dazzle | defeat | defeat utterly | deluge | demolish | demoralize | deny | desolate | destroy | devastate | dip | discombobulate | dismiss | dispose of | disturb | douse | downgrade | draw tears | drown | drown out | drub | duck | dumbfound | dumbfounder | dunk | embitter | engulf | escalade | finish | flabbergast | flood | flood the market | floor | foray | grieve | humble | humiliate | immerge | immerse | inroad | inundate | invade | jam | knock over | lick | lower | make a raid | make an inroad | master | merge | nonplus | oppress | outroar | outshout | overbear | overbrim | overcome | overdose | overequip | overflow | overfurnish | overlavish | overmaster | overpower | overprovender | overprovide | overprovision | overrun | oversell | overstock | oversupply | overtax | overthrow | overturn | pack a punch | paralyze | parry | paste | perplex | petrify | plunge in water | pour out | pour over | prostrate | put to silence | quash | quell | raid | rebut | reduce | reduce to silence | refute | ruin | run over | scale | scale the walls | schmear | settle | shatter | shellac | shock | shout down | shut out | shut up | silence | sink | skunk | slop | slosh | smash all opposition | smear | smother | snow under | sorrow | souse | spill | spill out | spill over | squash | squelch | stagger | startle | steamroller | storm | strike dead | strike dumb | strike with wonder | stun | stupefy | subdue | submerge | submerse | subordinate | subvert | suppress | surprise | swamp | sweep | take aback | take by storm | thrash | torment | trample underfoot | tread underfoot | trim | tyrannize | undermine | unman | upset | weigh down | whelm | whitewash | whomp | whop | wreck See Also | arouse | beat | beat out | benight | burden | charge | clutch | cover | crush | devastate | drown out | elicit | enkindle | evoke | fire | get hold of | kill | kindle | knock out | lock | provoke | raise | saddle | seize | shell | spread over | stagger | steamroll | steamroller | trounce | vanquish Overwhelm In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overwhelming}.]
1. 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.
The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm
them. --Shak.
Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in
a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
2. To project or impend over threateningly.
His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
\O"ver*whelm`\, n. The act of overwhelming. [R.] |
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