overwhelm | (verb) charge someone with too many tasks | Synonyms: deluge, flood out |
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(verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overpower |
(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, submerge |
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, sweep over, whelm |
overwhelming | (adjective) very strong; urgently felt | Synonyms: consuming |
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(adjective) so strong as to be irresistible | Synonyms: overpowering |
overwhelmingly | (adverb) incapable of being resisted | Synonyms: irresistibly, overpoweringly |
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whelk | (noun) large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell | - |
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(noun) large marine snail much used as food in Europe | - |
(verb) gather whelk | - |
whelm | (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over |
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(verb) to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation | - |
whelp | (noun) young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf | Synonyms: pup |
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(verb) give birth to (a puppy) | Synonyms: pup |