Overwhelmed

4 definitions found

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

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

  overwhelmed \overwhelmed\ adj.
     1. same as {overpowered}.
  
     Syn: overcome, overpowered, swamped, engulfed.
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     2. defeated easily by a greatly superior opponent.
  
     Syn: routed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "overwhelmed":
     afloat, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, all up with, amazed,
     astonished, astounded, at flood, at gaze, awash, awed, awestruck,
     beat, beaten, beguiled, bested, bewildered, bewitched, breathless,
     broken-down, brokenhearted, captivated, confounded, crushed,
     cut up, defeated, deluged, desolated, discomfited, dismayed,
     done for, done in, down, drowned, dumbfounded, dumbstruck,
     enchanted, engulfed, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced,
     fallen, fascinated, fixed, flabbergasted, flooded, floored, gaping,
     gauping, gazing, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken,
     hors de combat, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, in spate, inflood,
     inundated, lambasted, lathered, licked, lost in wonder, marveling,
     mesmerized, on the skids, open-eyed, openmouthed, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmastered, overmatched,
     overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwrought,
     panicked, popeyed, put to rout, puzzled, rapt in wonder, routed,
     ruined, scattered, settled, shocked, silenced, skinned,
     skinned alive, spellbound, staggered, stampeded, staring, stricken,
     stupefied, surprised, swamped, swept, thunderstruck, trimmed,
     trounced, under a charm, undone, upset, washed, water-washed,
     whelmed, whipped, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, worsted