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whelm
verb as in deluge
verb as in drown
verb as in engulf
verb as in flood
verb as in inundate
verb as in overcome
Strong matches
verb as in overflow
verb as in overpower
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in prostrate
verb as in submerge
Example Sentences
That would be up to you, and if you go that way, spicy is available, too — definitely whelming, if not overly so.
I reviewed it and found it completely ...whelming.
She’s walking through the school quadrangle, ruminating on whether one “can ever just be whelmed”.
He was like a worn small rock whelmed by the successive waves of his voice.
Inside it, the kingcups bloomed and the brook whelmed up from its source.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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