overwhelmed

o-ver-whelmed · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (adjective) Completely overcome in mind or feeling; overcome with emotion or stress.

  2. 2.

    (verb) Past tense and past participle of *overwhelm*.

Related words

Antonyms: calm, composed
See also: overcome, overwhelm, stressed
Synonyms: overcome, overpowered, swamped

Etymology

Past participle of overwhelm, from Middle English overwhelmen, from over + whelm ("to submerge").