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as in devastated
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me
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as in flooded
to cover with a flood
that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley
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Recent Examples of overwhelmed
Nora Colomer, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
The key to bolstering your confidence and not letting this fear stop you from getting your dream home: plan ahead to avoid feeling overwhelmed during your project.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2025
Michael Graff, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
As the crowd roared, Ford fell to his knees, overwhelmed by the moment.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Carry-on bag: $265 Don't get overwhelmed with excess baggage on your European spring break getaway.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2025
The key to bolstering your confidence and not letting this fear stop you from getting your dream home: plan ahead to avoid feeling overwhelmed during your project.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
In a game that will be remembered for reasons that have nothing to do with football, the UGA football team was overwhelmed by Notre Dame's defense in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday.
—Michael Graff, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
As the crowd roared, Ford fell to his knees, overwhelmed by the moment.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overwhelmed
Adjective
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More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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But for many bewildered observers, both explanations for Trump’s extraordinary pivot to the Kremlin seem equally misplaced.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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All Elite Wrestling has made a six-figure donation to the victims of Hurricane Helene, which devastated a huge swathe of the Southeastern United States in September 2024.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 edition of Fight for the Fallen was held to support victims of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the Asheville area in September 2024.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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With over 826,000 views, the comments section was flooded with laughter and praise for the husband's unflappable demeanor.—
Daniella Gray,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The sprawling case puts a spotlight on crisis publicists, who typically remain behind the scenes but have become the story here, with four separate agencies engulfed in the spectacle.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Officers patrolling nearby smelled smoke and went to investigate, finding the woman engulfed in flames.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Things not only got hot, the blazing solar plasma drowned out communications with Earth.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His manner with the girl is more bemused, placating.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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Admittedly the punishment might have been more for the apparent threat than the taboo language, but she was docked a point — which happened to be match point, handing the win to a bemused Kim Clijsters — and later fined $10,500 (£6,300 at the time).—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Kris, 69, seemed surprised at the topic even crossing her daughter's mind.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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But Marcia Fulton, mother of 15-year-old victim Desiree Wheatley, told USA TODAY that she was disappointed in the stay but not surprised.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Overwhelmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwhelmed. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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