Dictionary Entry
overwhelm
overwhelm is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To project or impend over threateningly.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to surround, to cover.
- 4noun
The act of overwhelming.
- 5verb
charge someone with too many tasks
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- 6verb
overcome by superior force
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- 7verb
cover completely or make imperceptible
"I was drowned in work"
"The noise drowned out her speech"
- 8verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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