OVERWHELMED Definition & Meaning

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overwhelmed

[oh-ver-hwelmd, -welmd]

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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.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unoverwhelmed adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of overwhelmed¹

overwhelm ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Already, local immigrant rights groups had been overwhelmed.

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“You get a sense that this is all theatrics, and it is really trying to show a bad light on Los Angeles, as though people are overwhelmed.”

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For all his architectural craft, Wilson’s essential genius was his control of emotion — his ability to articulate the feeling of being overwhelmed by affection or fear or disappointment.

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Immigration attorney Karla Navarrete, who is representing multiple people who have been arrested in the immigration sweeps, said the mass arrests have overwhelmed the system.

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“But this isn’t just today. This has been every day for three weeks. We’re super overwhelmed right now.”

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