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overwhelmed
CIDE DICTIONARY
overwhelmed, adj.
- same as overpowered. [WordNet 1.5]
- defeated easily by a greatly superior opponent. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
overwhelmed
afloat, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, all up with, amazed, astonished, astounded, at flood, at gaze, awash, awed, awestruck, beat, beaten, beguiled, bested, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, broken-down, brokenhearted, captivated, confounded, crushed, cut up, defeated, deluged, desolated, discomfited, dismayed, done for, done in, down, drowned, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, engulfed, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fallen, fascinated, fixed, flabbergasted, flooded, floored, gaping, gauping, gazing, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, hors de combat, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, in spate, inflood, inundated, lambasted, lathered, licked, lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, on the skids, open-eyed, openmouthed, outdone, overborne, overcome, overexcited, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwrought, panicked, popeyed, put to rout, puzzled, rapt in wonder, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, shocked, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, spellbound, staggered, stampeded, staring, stricken, stupefied, surprised, swamped, swept, thunderstruck, trimmed, trounced, under a charm, undone, upset, washed, water-washed, whelmed, whipped, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering, worstedROGET THESAURUS
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Failure
N failure, nonsuccess, nonfulfillment, dead failure, successlessness, abortion, miscarriage, brutum fulmen, labor in vain, no go, inefficacy, inefficaciousness, vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts, flash in the pan, lame and impotent conclusion, frustration, slip 'twixt cup and lip, blunder, fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication, footfall, false step, wrong step, faux pas, titubation, b_evue, faute, lurch, botchery, scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown, flunk, mishap, split, collapse, smash, blow, explosion, repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture, beating, drubbing, quietus, nonsuit, subjugation, checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate, fall, downfall, ruin, perdition, wreck, deathblow, bankruptcy, losing game, affaire flamb_ee, victim, bankrupt, flunker, flunky, unsuccessful, successless, failing, tripping, at fault, unfortunate, abortive, addle, stillborn, fruitless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inconsequential, trifling, nugatory, inefficient, insufficient, unavailing, of no effect, aground, grounded, swamped, stranded, cast away, wrecked, foundered, capsized, shipwrecked, nonsuited, foiled, defeated, struck down, borne down, broken down, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, all up with, ploughed, plowed, plucked, lost, undone, ruined, broken, bankrupt, played out, done up, done for, dead beat, ruined root and branch, flambe, knocked on the head, destroyed, frustrated, crossed, unhinged, disconcerted dashed, thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends, unhorsed, in a sorry plight, hard hit, stultified, befooled, dished, hoist on one's own petard, victimized, sacrificed, wide of the mark, out of one's reckoning, left in the lurch, thrown away, unattained, uncompleted, unsuccessfully, to little or no purpose, in vain, re infecta, the bubble has burst, the jig is up, the game is up, all is lost, the devil to pay, parturiunt montes, dies infaustus, tout est perdu hors l'honneur.Subjection
N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.For further exploring for "overwhelmed" in Webster Dictionary Online