verb
1.
Synonyms: deluge 1, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, submerge, swamp, whelm
2.
Synonyms: deluge 3, flood, swamp, whelm
3.
Synonyms: whip 2, beat, ||clobber, drub, lick, shellac, smear, smother, thrash, trim
4.
to subject to the grip of something overpowering and usually distressing or damaging
overwhelmed by the death of his only child
human wants that tend to overwhelm environmental realities
Synonyms: drown, knock over, overcome, overpower, prostrate, whelm
Related Word: demoralize, devastate, dumbfound, shatter; floor, sink; disturb, upset; destroy, ruin, wreck; downgrade, lower, subordinate