overwhelmedadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈ(h)wɛlmd/

Forms: see overwhelm v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1600s o'rewheml'd (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overwhelm v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < overwhelm v. + -ed suffix¹. N.E.D. (1904) also gives a pronunciation for the second element (poet. -hwe·lmėd) /-ˈhwɛlmɪd/.

That has been overwhelmed; overcome, overpowered; submerged.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset

overseteOE

overwhelmed1440

subverted1544

overturned1561

overthrown1579

overcast1688

upset1842

capsized1882

upturned1895

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > crushing or suppressing > crushed or overwhelmed

underthrast?1402

revocate?1440

overwhelmed1630

accablé1697

waterlogged1795

whelmeda1821

choked1855

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 374 Ovyr qwelmyd [?a1475 Winch. ouer whelmyd], or ouer hyllyde, obvolutus.

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon sig. G^v Ouerquelmed shypps..ar spied the seas Vppone.

1630 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Ashm. 53) (1888) i. x. 169 (note) Whose teares with wordes..weare his seaes after birth of stormie weather; in which o'rewhelmed experience gave for proofe, That sense of reasn had learnt no more to snuff.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxxiv. 125 Recovering the overwhelmed path for the sake of future passengers who travel the same way.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 14 ‘Oh, man, man!’ said the overwhelmed Mrs. Machleuchar, totally exhausted by having been so long the butt of his rhetoric.

a1886 E. Dickinson Ventures in Poems (1896) i. xxxii. 46 Many 's the gallant, overwhelmed creature Nodding in navies nevermore.

1910 F. H. O'Donnell Hist. Irish Parl. Party II. 251 I nearly laughed with the laughing eyes of the crushed, the overwhelmed, the hopelessly beaten Irish rival of the great Sir Richard Webster.

2002 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 18 Dec. 1 b Many advocates see the backlog as a sign of an overwhelmed child-welfare system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overwhelmed
释义	overwhelmedadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈ(h)wɛlmd/ Forms: see overwhelm v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1600s o'rewheml'd (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overwhelm v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < overwhelm v. + -ed suffix¹. N.E.D. (1904) also gives a pronunciation for the second element (poet. -hwe·lmėd) /-ˈhwɛlmɪd/. That has been overwhelmed; overcome, overpowered; submerged. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset overseteOE overwhelmed1440 subverted1544 overturned1561 overthrown1579 overcast1688 upset1842 capsized1882 upturned1895 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > crushing or suppressing > crushed or overwhelmed underthrast?1402 revocate?1440 overwhelmed1630 accablé1697 waterlogged1795 whelmeda1821 choked1855 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 374 Ovyr qwelmyd [?a1475 Winch. ouer whelmyd], or ouer hyllyde, obvolutus. 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Agamemnon sig. G^v Ouerquelmed shypps..ar spied the seas Vppone. 1630 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Ashm. 53) (1888) i. x. 169 (note) Whose teares with wordes..weare his seaes after birth of stormie weather; in which o'rewhelmed experience gave for proofe, That sense of reasn had learnt no more to snuff. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxxiv. 125 Recovering the overwhelmed path for the sake of future passengers who travel the same way. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 14 ‘Oh, man, man!’ said the overwhelmed Mrs. Machleuchar, totally exhausted by having been so long the butt of his rhetoric. a1886 E. Dickinson Ventures in Poems (1896) i. xxxii. 46 Many 's the gallant, overwhelmed creature Nodding in navies nevermore. 1910 F. H. O'Donnell Hist. Irish Parl. Party II. 251 I nearly laughed with the laughing eyes of the crushed, the overwhelmed, the hopelessly beaten Irish rival of the great Sir Richard Webster. 2002 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 18 Dec. 1 b Many advocates see the backlog as a sign of an overwhelmed child-welfare system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1440
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