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overwhelmed

verb , past tense of overwhelm

Synonyms and Antonyms of overwhelmed

1 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me

Synonyms of overwhelmed

crushed, devastated, floored, ground (down), oppressed, overcame, overmastered, overpowered, prostrated, snowed under, swamped, whelmed

Words Related to overwhelmed

deluged, drowned, sank (or sunk)

confuted, defeated, refuted

broke, demoralized, distressed, disturbed, rocked, shattered, staggered, threw, unmanned, unnerved, upset

2 to cover with a flood

that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley

Synonyms of overwhelmed

deluged, drowned, engulfed, flooded, gulfed, inundated, overflowed, submerged, submersed, swamped

Words Related to overwhelmed

avalanched, smothered

overcame, overran

flowed, flushed, gushed, poured, sluiced, spouted, spurted, streamed

doused (also dowsed), drenched, soaked, wet (or wetted)

Near Antonyms of overwhelmed

dehydrated, dried, parched

Antonyms of overwhelmed

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