overwhelmed

/ˌoʊ.vərˈwɛlmd/

feeling too much pressure or emotion to cope

She felt overwhelmed by the amount of work.

She felt too much pressure from her workload.

informal

Feeling too much pressure, emotion, or responsibility to handle

The new parent felt overwhelmed by the baby's constant crying.

The new parent struggled to cope with the baby's constant crying.

The student was overwhelmed by the exam schedule.

The student felt stressed by the intense exam schedule.

Often used to describe emotional or situational stress.

Collocations

overwhelmed byfeeling too much pressure fromfeel overwhelmedfeel unable to cope

extremely happy

deeply saddened

Use 'overwhelmed' to describe feeling too much pressure or emotion.

'Overwhelmed' is typically followed by 'by' when describing the source of stress.

From Middle English 'overwhelmen', from Old English 'oferswelmian' meaning 'to overwhelm or drown'.

Commonly used to describe emotional or situational stress, often in informal contexts.

over-

excessive

prefix

-whelm

to turn upside down or submerge

root

-ed

past participle

suffix

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