overwhelm (verb)
1overwhelm — ► VERB 1) submerge beneath a huge mass. 2) defeat completely; overpower. 3) have a strong emotional effect on. DERIVATIVES overwhelming adjective. ORIGIN from archaic whelm engulf or submerge , from Old English …
2overwhelm — verb ADVERB ▪ absolutely, completely, totally ▪ quite, rather ▪ almost, nearly ▪ suddenly …
3overwhelm — I verb astonish, beat, besiege, bewilder, bury, confound, confuse, conquer, daze, defeat, deluge, demergere, destroy, discomfit, immerse, impress, inundate, master, obruere, opprimere, overcome, overpower, overrun, overthrow, quash, quell, shock …
4overwhelm — verb 1) advancing sand dunes could overwhelm the village Syn: swamp, submerge, engulf, bury, deluge, flood, inundate 2) Canada overwhelmed the U.S. in the hockey final Syn: defeat (utterly/heavily), trounce, rout, b …
5overwhelm — verb /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm,ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlm/ a) To engulf, surge over and submerge The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave. b) To overpower, crush In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force …
6overwhelm — verb 1》 bury or drown beneath a huge mass. ↘give too much of something to: they were overwhelmed by letters. 2》 have a strong emotional effect on. 3》 defeat completely; overpower. Derivatives overwhelming adjective overwhelmingly adverb… …
7overwhelm — verb (T) 1 EMOTION if someone is overwhelmed by an emotion, they feel it so strongly that they cannot think clearly: He was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling of his insignificance. | Grief overwhelmed me. 2 SUPRISE SB to surprise someone… …
8overwhelm — verb 1) Spain overwhelmed Russia in the hockey Syn: defeat heavily, trounce, rout, beat hollow, conquer, be victorious over, crush; informal thrash, lick, wipe the floor with 2) she was overwhelmed by a sense of tragedy Syn …
9overwhelm — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)(h)we̱lm[/t]] overwhelms, overwhelming, overwhelmed 1) VERB If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. [be V ed] He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past …
10overwhelm */ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈwelm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈwelm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈhwelm] verb [transitive] Word forms overwhelm : present tense I/you/we/they overwhelm he/she/it overwhelms present participle overwhelming past tense overwhelmed past participle overwhelmed 1) a) …
