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overwhelm
o·ver·whelm O5216000 (ō′vər-wĕlm′, -hwĕlm′)tr.v. o·ver·whelmed, o·ver·whelm·ing, o·ver·whelms 1. To surge over and submerge; engulf: waves overwhelming the rocky shoreline.2. a. To defeat completely and decisively: Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.b. To affect deeply in mind or emotion: Despair overwhelmed me.3. To present with an excessive amount: They overwhelmed us with expensive gifts.4. To turn over; upset: The small craft was overwhelmed by the enormous waves.overwhelm (ˌəʊvəˈwɛlm) vb (tr) 1. to overpower the thoughts, emotions, or senses of2. to overcome with irresistible force3. to overcome, as with a profusion or concentration of something4. to cover over or bury completely5. to weigh or rest upon overpoweringly6. archaic to overturno•ver•whelm (ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛlm, -ˈwɛlm)
v.t. 1. to overpower in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse. 2. to overpower with superior force or numbers. 3. to cover or bury beneath a mass of something. 4. to burden excessively. [1300–50; Middle English] overwhelm
Past participle: overwhelmed
Gerund: overwhelming
| Imperative |
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| overwhelm | | overwhelm |
| Present |
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| I overwhelm | | you overwhelm | | he/she/it overwhelms | | we overwhelm | | you overwhelm | | they overwhelm |
| Preterite |
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| I overwhelmed | | you overwhelmed | | he/she/it overwhelmed | | we overwhelmed | | you overwhelmed | | they overwhelmed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am overwhelming | | you are overwhelming | | he/she/it is overwhelming | | we are overwhelming | | you are overwhelming | | they are overwhelming |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have overwhelmed | | you have overwhelmed | | he/she/it has overwhelmed | | we have overwhelmed | | you have overwhelmed | | they have overwhelmed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was overwhelming | | you were overwhelming | | he/she/it was overwhelming | | we were overwhelming | | you were overwhelming | | they were overwhelming |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had overwhelmed | | you had overwhelmed | | he/she/it had overwhelmed | | we had overwhelmed | | you had overwhelmed | | they had overwhelmed |
| Future |
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| I will overwhelm | | you will overwhelm | | he/she/it will overwhelm | | we will overwhelm | | you will overwhelm | | they will overwhelm |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have overwhelmed | | you will have overwhelmed | | he/she/it will have overwhelmed | | we will have overwhelmed | | you will have overwhelmed | | they will have overwhelmed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be overwhelming | | you will be overwhelming | | he/she/it will be overwhelming | | we will be overwhelming | | you will be overwhelming | | they will be overwhelming |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been overwhelming | | you have been overwhelming | | he/she/it has been overwhelming | | we have been overwhelming | | you have been overwhelming | | they have been overwhelming |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been overwhelming | | you will have been overwhelming | | he/she/it will have been overwhelming | | we will have been overwhelming | | you will have been overwhelming | | they will have been overwhelming |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been overwhelming | | you had been overwhelming | | he/she/it had been overwhelming | | we had been overwhelming | | you had been overwhelming | | they had been overwhelming |
| Conditional |
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| I would overwhelm | | you would overwhelm | | he/she/it would overwhelm | | we would overwhelm | | you would overwhelm | | they would overwhelm |
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| I would have overwhelmed | | you would have overwhelmed | | he/she/it would have overwhelmed | | we would have overwhelmed | | you would have overwhelmed | | they would have overwhelmed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | overwhelm - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimulisweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcomedevastate - overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"clutch, get hold of, seize - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"kill - overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration; "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"benight - overtake with darkness or nightknock out - overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"stagger - astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"lock - hold fast (in a certain state); "He was locked in a laughing fit" | | 2. | overwhelm - charge someone with too many tasksflood out, delugeburden, saddle, charge - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" | | 3. | overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"drown, submergespread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" | | 4. | overwhelm - overcome by superior forceovermaster, overpowerbeat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"steamroll, steamroller - overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition" |
overwhelmverb1. overcome, overpower, devastate, stagger, get the better of, bowl over (informal), prostrate, knock (someone) for six (informal), render speechless, render incapable, render powerless, render helpless, sweep (someone) off his or her feet, take (someone's) breath away He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.2. destroy, beat, defeat, overcome, smash, crush, massacre, conquer, wipe out, overthrow, knock out, lick (informal), subdue, rout, eradicate, overpower, quell, annihilate, put paid to, vanquish, subjugate, immobilize, make mincemeat of (informal), cut to pieces One massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.3. swamp, bury, flood, crush, engulf, submerge, beset, inundate, deluge, snow under The small Pacific island could be overwhelmed by rising sea levels.overwhelmverb1. To flow over completely:deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, submerge, whelm.2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish.Informal: massacre, wallop.Slang: clobber, cream, shellac, smear.3. To affect deeply or completely, as with emotion:crush, engulf, overcome, overpower, prostrate.4. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of:break, crush, destroy, ruin.5. To affect as if by an outpouring of water:deluge, flood, inundate, swamp, whelm.Translationsoverwhelm (əuvəˈwelm) verb to defeat or overcome. He was overwhelmed with work/grief. 壓倒，受打擊 压倒，受打击 ˌoverˈwhelming adjective very great. an overwhelming victory. 很大的，勢不可擋的 很大的，势不可挡的
overwhelm
Synonyms for overwhelmverb overcomeSynonyms- overcome
- overpower
- devastate
- stagger
- get the better of
- bowl over
- prostrate
- knock (someone) for six
- render speechless
- render incapable
- render powerless
- render helpless
- sweep (someone) off his or her feet
- take (someone's) breath away
verb destroySynonyms- destroy
- beat
- defeat
- overcome
- smash
- crush
- massacre
- conquer
- wipe out
- overthrow
- knock out
- lick
- subdue
- rout
- eradicate
- overpower
- quell
- annihilate
- put paid to
- vanquish
- subjugate
- immobilize
- make mincemeat of
- cut to pieces
verb swampSynonyms- swamp
- bury
- flood
- crush
- engulf
- submerge
- beset
- inundate
- deluge
- snow under
Synonyms for overwhelmverb to flow over completelySynonyms- deluge
- drown
- engulf
- flood
- flush
- inundate
- overflow
- submerge
- whelm
verb to render totally ineffective by decisive defeatSynonyms- annihilate
- crush
- drub
- overpower
- smash
- steamroller
- thrash
- trounce
- vanquish
- massacre
- wallop
- clobber
- cream
- shellac
- smear
verb to affect deeply or completely, as with emotionSynonyms- crush
- engulf
- overcome
- overpower
- prostrate
verb to impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness ofSynonymsverb to affect as if by an outpouring of waterSynonyms- deluge
- flood
- inundate
- swamp
- whelm
Synonyms for overwhelmverb overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuliSynonyms- sweep over
- whelm
- overpower
- overtake
- overcome
Related Words- devastate
- clutch
- get hold of
- seize
- arouse
- elicit
- evoke
- provoke
- enkindle
- kindle
- fire
- raise
- kill
- benight
- knock out
- stagger
- lock
verb charge someone with too many tasksSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cover completely or make imperceptibleSynonymsRelated Wordsverb overcome by superior forceSynonymsRelated Words- beat
- beat out
- vanquish
- trounce
- crush
- shell
- steamroll
- steamroller
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