Found 2 items, similar to Overwhelmed.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: overwhelmed
overwhelmed
adj : rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
profusion of something;
“a desk flooded with
applications”;
“felt inundated with work”;
“too much
overcome to notice”;
“a man engulfed by fear”;
“swamped
by work” [syn:
flooded,
inundated,
overcome,
overpowered,
swamped,
engulfed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Overwhelmed
Overwhelm
\O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Overwhelmed; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Overwhelming.]
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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.
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The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
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Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.
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Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
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2. To project or impend over threateningly.
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His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
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3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
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