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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  overwhelmed \overwhelmed\ adj.
     1. same as overpowered.
  
     Syn: overcome, overpowered, swamped, engulfed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. defeated easily by a greatly superior opponent.
  
     Syn: routed.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The sea overwhelmed their enemies.    --Ps. lxxviii.
                                                    53.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
              horror hath overwhelmed me.           --Ps. lv. 5.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Foul deeds will rise,
              Though all the earth o'erwhelm them.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
              All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To project or impend over threateningly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
     1. 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.
  
              The sea overwhelmed their enemies.    --Ps. lxxviii.
                                                    53.
  
              Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
              horror hath overwhelmed me.           --Ps. lv. 5.
  
              Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm
              them.                                 --Shak.
  
              Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in
              a moment overwhelmed and fallen.      --Milton.
  
     2. To project or impend over threateningly.
  
              His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  overwhelmed
       adj : rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
             profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
             applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
             overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped
             by work" [syn: flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered,
              swamped, engulfed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     Αγγλικά a.
     είμαι υπερφορτισμένος, είμαι καταβεβλημένος, με γάμησε η κατάσταση,
  με γάμησαν στην δουλειά, έχω φτάσει ''στο αμήν/τα όριά μου'', τα 'φτυσα,
  τα 'παιξα, τα έχω παίξει, σαστισμένος και καταβεβλημένος (ταυτόχρονα),
  κυριευμένος από πεποίθηση αδυναμίας αντιμετώπισης των συνθηκών,
  ''μεταφορικά'': πνιγμένος σ' ένα χάος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     vb.
     (infl of en overwhelm  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     vb.
     (infl of en overwhelm  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     vb.
     (infl of en overwhelm  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     vb.
     (infl of en overwhelm  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm o verwhelm ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  overwhelmed
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en overwhelm ordform=perfpart); överväldigad
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb overwhelm)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  مغمور

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/ 
  přemožený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/ 
  ohromený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  besiegt, überwältigt, überrannt
   see: overwhelm sb., overwhelming
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  erdrückt
   see: overwhelm, overwhelming
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  überschüttet, überhäuft
   see: overwhelm, overwhelming
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  überwältigt, übermannt
        "be overwhelmed with joy/grief"  - von Freude/Kummer überwältigt sein
   see: overwhelm, overwhelming, overwhelms, overwhelmed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  überwältigte, übermannte
        "be overwhelmed with joy/grief"  - von Freude/Kummer überwältigt sein
   see: overwhelm, overwhelming, overwhelmed, overwhelms
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  überwältigt 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  
  τσακισμένος

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmd/
  osvaja

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌoʊvɝˈwɛɫmd/, /ˌoʊvɝhˈwɛɫmd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "overwhelmed":
     afloat, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, all up with, amazed,
     astonished, astounded, at flood, at gaze, awash, awed, awestruck,
     beat, beaten, beguiled, bested, bewildered, bewitched, breathless,
     broken-down, brokenhearted, captivated, confounded, crushed,
     cut up, defeated, deluged, desolated, discomfited, dismayed,
     done for, done in, down, drowned, dumbfounded, dumbstruck,
     enchanted, engulfed, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced,
     fallen, fascinated, fixed, flabbergasted, flooded, floored, gaping,
     gauping, gazing, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken,
     hors de combat, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, in spate, inflood,
     inundated, lambasted, lathered, licked, lost in wonder, marveling,
     mesmerized, on the skids, open-eyed, openmouthed, outdone,
     overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmastered, overmatched,
     overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwrought,
     panicked, popeyed, put to rout, puzzled, rapt in wonder, routed,
     ruined, scattered, settled, shocked, silenced, skinned,
     skinned alive, spellbound, staggered, stampeded, staring, stricken,
     stupefied, surprised, swamped, swept, thunderstruck, trimmed,
     trounced, under a charm, undone, upset, washed, water-washed,
     whelmed, whipped, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, worsted
  
  

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