I didn't mean to overwhelm you.
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Overwhelm
//ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛlm//
Synonyms for "overwhelm" (246 found)
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creamcrushcurrycut updazedazzledefeatdefeat utterlydelugedemolishdemoralizedenydesolatedestroydevastatedevourdipdiscombobulatedismissdispose of
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disturbdousedowngradedraw tearsdrowndrown outdrubduckdumbfounddumbfounderdunkdustembitterengulfescaladeexceedfinishflabbergastfloodflood the marketfloorforayganggrievehumblehumiliateimmergeimmerseinroadintoxicateinundateinvadeinvolvejamknockknock overlarruplickloadlowermake a raidmake an inroadmastermergemop upnonplusoppressoutroaroutshout
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overaweoverbearoverbrimovercomeoverdoseoverequipoverflowoverfurnishoverlavishovermasteroverprovenderoverprovideoverprovisionoverrunoverselloverstockoversupplyovertaxoverthrowoverturn
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pack a punchparalyzeparrypasteperplexpetrifypileplungeplunge in waterpour outpour overprostrateput to silencequashquellraidravagerebutreducereduce to silencerefuterockroutruinrun overscalescale the wallsschmearseducesettleshattershellacshockshout downshowershut outshut upsilencesinkskunkslopsloshsmash all oppositionsmearsmothersnow undersorrowsousespillspill outspill oversquashsquelchstaggerstare downstartlesteamrollerstormstrike deadstrike dumbstrike with wonderstunstupefysubduesubmersesubordinatesubvertsuppresssurpriseswampsweeptake abacktake by stormthrashtormenttrample underfoottread underfoottrimtriumphtrouncetyrannizeundermineunmanupendupsetweigh downwellwhelmwhipwhitewashwhompwhopwreck
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتَبَدَّ verb (to overpower, crush)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заливам verb (engulf, surge over)
- поразявам verb (overpower emotionally)
- разбивам verb (to overpower, crush)
- смайвам verb (overpower emotionally)
Catalan
4 entries- atrafegar verb (overpower emotionally)
- superar verb (engulf, surge over)
- superar verb (to overpower, crush)
- superar verb (overpower emotionally)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吞沒 /吞没 verb (engulf, surge over)
- 壓倒 /压倒 verb (to overpower, crush)
- 壓倒 /压倒 verb (overpower emotionally)
- 壓垮 /压垮 verb (overpower emotionally)
Czech
4 entries- ochromit verb (overpower emotionally)
- ochromovat verb (overpower emotionally)
- pohlcovat verb (overpower emotionally)
- pohltit verb (overpower emotionally)
Danish
2 entries- overmande verb (to overpower, crush)
- overvælde verb (overpower emotionally)
Dutch
2 entries- overmannen verb (to overpower, crush)
- overweldigen verb (to overpower, crush)
Finnish
4 entries- hukuttaa verb (engulf, surge over)
- hukuttaa alleen verb (overpower emotionally)
- häkellyttää verb (overpower emotionally)
- murskata verb (to overpower, crush)
French
4 entries- abreuver verb (engulf, surge over)
- accabler verb (to overpower, crush)
- accabler verb (overpower emotionally)
- envahir verb (to overpower, crush)
German
2 entries- übermannen verb (to overpower, crush)
- überwältigen verb (to overpower, crush)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sitèlman chaj verb (engulf, surge over)
Hindi
2 entries- अभिभूत verb (engulf, surge over)
- अभिभूत verb (to overpower, crush)
Hungarian
4 entries- elborít verb (to overpower, crush)
- elfog verb (overpower emotionally)
- eláraszt verb (engulf, surge over)
- elönt verb (engulf, surge over)
Icelandic
2 entries- altaka verb (overpower emotionally)
- gagntaka verb (overpower emotionally)
Italian
4 entries- dominare verb (to overpower, crush)
- emozionare verb (overpower emotionally)
- schiacciare verb (to overpower, crush)
- sconvolgere verb (overpower emotionally)
Japanese
1 entries- 圧倒する verb (to overpower, crush)
Korean
1 entries- 압도하다 verb (to overpower, crush)
Latin
2 entries- obruō verb (engulf, surge over)
- obruō verb (to overpower, crush)
Malay
4 entries- mengalahkan verb (to overpower, crush)
- tenggelam verb (engulf, surge over)
- tenggelam verb (overpower emotionally)
- terharu verb (overpower emotionally)
Middle English
1 entries- daunten verb (to overpower, crush)
Māori
4 entries- haukerekere verb (to overpower, crush)
- haukerekere verb (overpower emotionally)
- poke verb (to overpower, crush)
- taupoki verb (to overpower, crush)
Odia
2 entries- ଅଭିଭୂତ verb (engulf, surge over)
- ଅଭିଭୂତ verb (to overpower, crush)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (overpower emotionally)
Polish
4 entries- miażdżyć verb (to overpower, crush)
- ogarniać verb (overpower emotionally)
- ogarnąć verb (overpower emotionally)
- przytłaczać verb (overpower emotionally)
Portuguese
4 entries- avassalar verb (to overpower, crush)
- dominar verb (to overpower, crush)
- dominar verb (overpower emotionally)
- engolir verb (engulf, surge over)
Romanian
3 entries- copleși verb (to overpower, crush)
- copleși verb (overpower emotionally)
- înghiți verb (engulf, surge over)
Russian
4 entries- зава́ливать verb (engulf, surge over)
- захлёстывать verb (overpower emotionally)
- переполня́ть verb (overpower emotionally)
- переси́ливать verb (to overpower, crush)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अभिभूत verb (engulf, surge over)
- अभिभूत verb (to overpower, crush)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- preplaviti verb (engulf, surge over)
- preplaviti verb (overpower emotionally)
- прерлавити verb (overpower emotionally)
Spanish
4 entries- abrumar verb (overpower emotionally)
- agobiar verb (overpower emotionally)
- apabullar verb (to overpower, crush)
- apabullar verb (overpower emotionally)
Swedish
2 entries- överväldiga verb (to overpower, crush)
- överväldiga verb (overpower emotionally)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зава́лювати verb (engulf, surge over)
- переважа́ти verb (to overpower, crush)
- переванта́жувати verb (to overpower, crush)
- перепо́внювати verb (overpower emotionally)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַוועקלייגן verb (to overpower, crush)
Sample sentences
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We don't want to overwhelm Tom.
Source: tatoeba (3394373)
We don't want to overwhelm them.
Source: tatoeba (3911216)
We don't want to overwhelm him.
Source: tatoeba (3911217)
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