English Dictionary
◊ OVERWHELMED
overwhelmed
adj 1: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear";
"swamped by work" [syn: {flooded}, {inundated}, {overcome},
{overpowered}, {swamped}, {engulfed}]
2: decisively defeated in combat [syn: {beaten}, {conquered}, {overcome},
{overthrown}, {routed}, {vanquished}]