ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOoverwhelmed
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overwhelmed
Meaning: feeling unable to handle everything happening
overwhelmed in a sentence
How overwhelmed is used in real sentences:
Jordan felt overwhelmed by three projects due on the same day.
Surrounded by noisy classmates and unfinished work, Leo became overwhelmed.
“Eli looked overwhelmed as everyone called instructions at once, and he forgot his first line.”
— from the passage The Hall Comes Alive
Synonyms for overwhelmed
Other words for overwhelmed — swamped, overloaded and frazzled — carry the same meaning.
- swamped
- overloaded
- frazzled
Antonyms of overwhelmed
Words that mean the opposite of overwhelmed:
- calm
- composed
Where it comes from
From Middle English whelmen 'to overturn or cover'
Memory hook
Too much comes OVER you like a huge WAVE.
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