to overwhelm
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3.9
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈwɛlm/
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agobiar
- She felt completely overwhelmed by the number of tasks assigned to her at work.
- feel overwhelmed
- become overwhelmed
- overwhelmed by demand
And he said, I just feel like I get overwhelmed with all this stuff.
- And he said, I just feel like I get overwhelmed with all this stuff.
- And it's, you know, I think we're saturated and overwhelmed with politics right now.
- I mean, damn, we're just overwhelmed with being shut down.
- I love the sorting approach, but it is the one that might get you overwhelmed if used unwisely.
- It, it, it, it could have just kind of overwhelmed me, but work was able to.
- You know, a successful practice is where you walk away just overwhelmed how much you had to think.
- Now people get overwhelmed when they sit down, they put their entire marketing plan.
Examples
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You must be overwhelmed by the responsibility.
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Student teachers often feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a classroom during their field placements.
Academic text (2012) -
And he said, I just feel like I get overwhelmed with all this stuff.
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These guys are just overwhelmed with cases.
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Well, we're overwhelmed with work.
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The first thing I say is don't overwhelm yourself.
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We didn't want to overwhelm you.
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Developmental students can easily be overwhelmed and fail to become engaged during that critical period.
Academic text (2015) -
Confronted with a large research project, students often become overwhelmed and procrastinate.
Academic text (2013) -
You seem overwhelmed.
Synonyms
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3.5
Be unable to cope with a large amount of something, for example work
93
3.7
To put too much into something so it cannot work properly
77
3.7
To give someone a heavy load or a difficult task
15
4.1
To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill
12
5.9
To give someone too much work or responsibility
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7.4
To give someone so much work or so many requests that they cannot cope
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3.4
To make someone or something work near its limits
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5.6
Put too much strain on someone or something so they cannot cope
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4.4
To put too much strain on the body or mind
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5.5
To push someone or something beyond what they can manage
To give someone more work than they can do
To make someone very busy and tired with too much work
To get more information or tasks than you can handle
To feel a very strong emotion that takes control of you
Antonyms
How Stressed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overwhelm comes from the prefix over- meaning 'too much' or 'above' and the old word whelm meaning 'to cover' or 'sink', like being buried by a big wave. So, to overwhelm someone with work is to 'cover' them with too many tasks so they cannot cope.