overcome, stunned, shocked, inundated
overpower, defeat; master; crush; stagger; stun, daze; flood, engulf
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Overwhelmed Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Overwhelm
overwhelmed
overwhelmingly adv : incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man" [syn: overpoweringly, irresistibly]
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, swamped, engulfed
(similar) powerless, weak
Verb
1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate
2. charge someone with too many tasks
(synonym) deluge, flood out
(hypernym) charge, saddle, burden
3. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
(synonym) submerge, drown
(hypernym) cover, spread over
4. overcome by superior force
(synonym) overpower, overmaster
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(hyponym) steamroller, steamroll
Overwhelmed Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Overwhelmed is the fourth album in the Worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church.
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