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overwhelmed
[ oh-ver-hwelmd, -welmd ]
adjective
- completely overcome in mind or feeling:
She told the overwhelmed and sobbing mother she would take care of all medical expenses.
- loaded, filled, or addressed with an excessive amount of anything:
Over 100 dogs were transported to other parts of the state from overwhelmed animal shelters on the coast.
- overpowered or crushed, as by superior forces:
The aim of the coalition's operation was to stop the dictator and his army from attacking already overwhelmed rebel troops.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of overwhelm ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·DZ··ɳ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overwhelmed1
Example Sentences
The report described this as "an act of collective self-sabotage", warning the health service was "increasingly overwhelmed with preventable diseases and accidents".
“And he just mentioned that he was feeling a little overwhelmed.”
Public specialists are so rare and so overwhelmed – with wait times often far beyond safe levels – that most patients are funnelled toward exorbitantly expensive private care.
When you're overwhelmed, a $12 dress can feel like a luxury, even if it unravels and literally falls apart at the seams.
"You feel really rubbish about yourself. Then when I get really overwhelmed I get headaches."
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