to drown

Examples

• All

• If you're one of those people drowning in your inbox, help is on the way.

• In reality, it was drowning in debt and losses.

  Patrick Boyle

• You have a starting place, and many drowning colleagues would be happy to learn what you know.

  Academic text (2012)

• I feel like I'm drowning in slow motion.

  Jubilee

• So on that basis, the world is drowning in conspiracies.

• I feel like I'm drowning in slow motion with all the deadlines approaching.

• It's so technical, so nuanced, you can drown in a sea of facts and figures.

Synonyms

O

to overwhelm

vsto drown

164 4.4

Make someone feel very strong emotions so they cannot think clearly

is inability to cope due specifically to a large amount of tasks or emotions

F

to flooded with

vsto drown

27 3.5

To get more things than you can handle

is inability to cope especially from too much work, problems, or emotion

W

to whelm

vsto drown

9.9

To feel a very strong emotion that takes control of you

is inability to cope caused by large quantities rather than only forceful feeling

U

up to (one's) neck

vsto drown

• Informal

6.8

Having too much work or too many problems to deal with

is inability to cope because the amount of tasks or problems is too much

D

to drink from a firehose

vsto drown

• Informal

9.1

To get more information or tasks than you can handle

is inability to cope due to large amounts generally not only fast input

Antonyms

O

to overcome

429 2.9

Deal with and defeat a problem or fear

M

to manage

239 2.3

To hold and use things carefully so they do not break or fall

Idioms

D

to drown one's sorrows

• Informal

11 7.5

Try to forget sad feelings by eating or drinking alcohol

Phrasal Verbs

D

to drown out

37 3.5

To make a sound so loud that you cannot hear another sound

How Overwhelmed

to overwhelm

88 3.9

swamped with work

• Informal

1 4.4

to drown

135 3.5

to struggle

851 2.8

to cope

272 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology