Overwhelm synonyms and antonyms
ō'vər-wĕlm', -hwĕlm'
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Part of speech:
To cover up so as to conceal
To subdue or defeat completely; crush:
Causing devastation
To go under or as if under water.
Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable:
To kill indiscriminately and wantonly; slaughter.
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The definition of amaze means to shock or surprise someone.
The definition of overwhelming is something that is overpowering, great in amount or strength.
To get the better of by superior power; make helpless; subdue
overshadow (related)
overawe (related)
To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
daunt (related)
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To spread easily in an undesired way:
(--- Archaic) To cause to feel embarrassment.
To write or transcribe in a large, clear hand.
To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing:
To cover or engulf with a flood; deluge
To force into the ground:
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underwhelm (antonym)
To fail to make a good impression or have a significant impact on
To flatten, as if with a steamroller
To exercise one's mind, as over the solution of a problem
confute (related)
To prove to be wrong or in error; refute decisively.
surprise (related)
Surprise is defined as to cause someone to feel amazed at something unexpected, do or say something unintentional.
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inundatory
ineffability
The quality or state of being ineffable.
ingulf
(Archaic) Alternative spelling of engulf.
The definition of oppress is to keep something down using cruel or unjust power.
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To cook with cream or a cream sauce
To coat or finish with shellac.
A whirling mass of water forming a vacuum at its center, into which anything caught in the motion is drawn; whirlpool
To spread or cover over; flood.
To cause to turn over; upset or flip over:
(Archaic) To dig up with the snout.
To cover (a fire), excluding air from it and causing it to smolder or die down
To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing:
not impress (antonym)
astonish, devastate
To drench thoroughly or cover with or as if with a liquid.
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Flood is defined as to overflow, or put too much liquid into something.
To overwhelm.
To kill
To press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple
To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
(--- Sports) To hit (a ball, puck, or shuttlecock) in a forceful overhand stroke.
To smooth or level (a road) with a steamroller.
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To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
To defeat thoroughly.
To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
To bring or reduce to ruin
To drench in or cover with or as if with water.
full (related)
To increase the density and usually the thickness of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.
win (related)
To receive as a prize or reward for performance:
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affect (related)
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
flood out
charge someone with too many tasks
overmaster
To overcome; conquer; subdue
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
To catch up with and, often, go beyond
frustrate (related)
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overwhelmed (related)
disturb (related)
beset (related)
sicken (related)
(Egyptology) One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt.
To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
To start up from cover
To force one's way out of; escape from:
To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied.
Capable of, guilty of, or intending murder:
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
put off (related)
A large or increasing amount:
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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