overwhelmed

Meaning

of Overwhelm

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agape thunderstruck won affected defeated overcome impressed surprised crushed beaten shocked flooded stricken stunned astonished

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Antonyms

prepared assured prideful lighthearted undefeated comforted

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Phrases with the word

feeling overwhelmed be overwhelmed overwhelmed by be overwhelmed by

Examples

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. Livy

I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior. Frida Kahlo

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. John Calvin

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us. Marcus Buckingham

If fortune favours, beware of being exalted; if fortune thunders, beware of being overwhelmed. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

saccolabium Saccone saccopharyngid saccos saccular sacculate