Overpowered

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpower \O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
     To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield by superior
     power; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the
     eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
          overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  overpowered \overpowered\ adj.
     1. rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
        profusion of something.
  
     Syn: overcome, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Having more than the required power; as, an overpowered
        hot rod. [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overpowered
       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}, {overwhelmed},
              {swamped}, {engulfed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "overpowered":
     all up with, beat, beaten, bested, confounded, defeated,
     discomfited, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored,
     hors de combat, lambasted, lathered, licked, on the skids, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmastered, overmatched,
     overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, overwrought,
     panicked, put to rout, routed, ruined, scattered, settled,
     silenced, skinned, skinned alive, stampeded, trimmed, trounced,
     undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted