over+whelm
31underwhelm — /un deuhr hwelm , welm /, v.t. Informal. to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie. [1945 50; UNDER + (OVER)WHELM] * * * …
32psych (someone) out — vb to unnerve, outmanoeuvre or over whelm. An Americanism which has spread to other areas, psych out origi nally meant to use psychology to gauge an opponent s weakness …
33sink — I. v. n. 1. Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom. 2. Fall slowly, drop, droop. 3. Penetrate, enter. 4. Be depressed, be overwhelmed. 5. Decline, decrease, decay, dwindle, lose strength, give way. II. v. a …
34benight — verb 1. overtake with darkness or night • Hypernyms: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑sweep over, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …
35get hold of — verb 1. get into one s hands, take physically (Freq. 1) Take a cookie! Can you take this bag, please • Syn: ↑take • See Also: ↑take in (for: ↑ …
36Whelmed — Whelm Whelm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w[… …
37Whelming — Whelm Whelm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whelming}.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w[… …
38overwhelm — (v.) early 14c., to turn upside down, to overthrow, from OVER (Cf. over) + M.E. whelmen to turn upside down (see WHELM (Cf. whelm)). Meaning to submerge completely is mid 15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and… …
39flood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deluge, inundation, torrent, freshet, cloudburst, spate; superabundance. See sufficiency, water, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A Great flow of water] Syn. deluge, surge, tide, high tide, freshet …
40overwhelm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. overpower, crush, submerge, overcome. See destruction, confutation, water. Ant., underwhelm (inf.). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To defeat] Syn. overcome, overthrow, conquer, destroy; see confute ,… …
