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overwhelmed

[ oh-ver-hwelmd, -welmd ]

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adjective

completely overcome in mind or feeling:
She told the overwhelmed and sobbing mother she would take care of all medical expenses.
loaded, filled, or addressed with an excessive amount of anything:
Over 100 dogs were transported to other parts of the state from overwhelmed animal shelters on the coast.
overpowered or crushed, as by superior forces:
The aim of the coalition's operation was to stop the dictator and his army from attacking already overwhelmed rebel troops.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of overwhelm ( def ).

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overwhelmed¹

overwhelm ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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"The defence case is that she panicked because she was overwhelmed by the fact that these four people had become so ill because of the food she had served them. Three people died."

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The report described this as "an act of collective self-sabotage", warning the health service was "increasingly overwhelmed with preventable diseases and accidents".

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“And he just mentioned that he was feeling a little overwhelmed.”

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Public specialists are so rare and so overwhelmed – with wait times often far beyond safe levels – that most patients are funnelled toward exorbitantly expensive private care.

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When you're overwhelmed, a $12 dress can feel like a luxury, even if it unravels and literally falls apart at the seams.

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