whelm

whelm

verb

Definition of WHELM

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress <the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence>

Synonyms crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, snow under, swamp, whelm

Related Words deluge, drown, sink; confute, defeat, refute; break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset