Thesaurus results for WHELMED

whelmed

verb

Definition of whelmed next

past tense of whelm

as in overwhelmed

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

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Recent Examples of whelmed Of all the underwhelming parts of this underwhelming finale of an underwhelming season, the final immunity challenge did not leave me whelmed. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025 As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. —

Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025 As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. —

Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025

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Verb

As Jordan sat, his mother by his side, overwhelmed by the magnitude of what had just happened, the roar of approval reverberating through the auditorium, my body, seemingly flooded with butterflies, appeared to dissolve into the screen.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Strauss leaned into the idea that viewers generally are overwhelmed by streaming platforms that offer dozens if not hundreds of titles but little curation.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026