overwhelmed
/ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmd/ adjective B2- Emotionally overpowered. · completely overwhelmed· emotionally overwhelmed
- Carrying a metaphorical burden greater than one can comfortably handle. · He felt overwhelmed by the workload.
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The count fancied that he was yielding, and this belief revived the horrible doubt that had overwhelmed him at the Château d’If.
AN EAGLE, overwhelmed with sorrow, sat upon the branches of a tree in company with a Kite.
Scarcely had the battle begun, when a great rout overwhelmed the Mice, who scampered off as fast as they could to their holes.
Danglars comprehended the full extent of the wretched fate that overwhelmed Dantès; and, when Napoleon returned to France, he, after the manner of mediocre minds, termed the coincidence, a decree of Providence.
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