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Definition of Overwhelm
1. Verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
Specialized synonyms: Devastate, Clutch, Get Hold Of, Seize, Kill, Benight, Knock Out, Stagger, Lock
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
2. Verb. Charge someone with too many tasks.
3. Verb. Cover completely or make imperceptible. "The noise drowned out her speech"
4. Verb. Overcome by superior force. "The fighter managed to overwhelm his opponent"
Generic synonyms: Beat, Beat Out, Crush, Shell, Trounce, Vanquish
Specialized synonyms: Steamroll, Steamroller
Definition of Overwhelm
1. v. t. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
2. n. The act of overwhelming.
Definition of Overwhelm
1. Verb. To engulf, surge-over and submerge ¹
2. Verb. To overpower, crush ¹
3. Verb. To overpower emotionally ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overwhelm
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwhelm
Literary usage of Overwhelm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"To overwhelm (». To overbear) is to cover with a heavy body, so that one should
sink under it: to CKl'SII is to destroy the consistency of a thing by ..."
2. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"CHAPTER III RUSSIA FAILS TO overwhelm GERMANY THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF EAST PRUSSIA
ONE significant effect of the German failure speedily to crush France was ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Overpower, va I. Subdue, conquer, overwhelm, overcome, overturn, overbear, ...
overwhelm, overcome, overmaster, get the better of, affect by intensity. ..."
4. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"People don't overwhelm us with attentions, but that is excusable. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS, JR., TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Potomac Bridge, Virginia November 28, ..."
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