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whelming

verb , present participle of whelm

Synonyms and Antonyms of whelming

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

the news so whelmed them that they were stunned into silence

Synonyms of whelming

crushing, devastating, flooring, grinding (down), oppressing, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, prostrating, snowing under, swamping

Words Related to whelming

deluging, drowning, sinking

confuting, defeating, refuting

breaking, demoralizing, distressing, disturbing, rocking, shattering, staggering, throwing, unmanning, unnerving, upsetting

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