Meaning

2 senses

  1. Emotionally overpowered.

    completely overwhelmed

    emotionally overwhelmed

  2. Emotionally overpowered.

    (often)Carrying a metaphorical burden greater than one can comfortably handle.

    He felt overwhelmed by the workload.

Forms

more overwhelmed, most overwhelmed
Comparativemore overwhelmed Lesson
Superlativemost overwhelmed Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words
Derivedoverwhelmednessunoverwhelmed

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overweightA2overwhelmB1overwhelmingB1overwhelminglyoverwinter
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