deluged
Overwhelmed by volume
Deluged means flooded or overwhelmed, from deluge (a great flood).
Water deluges a valley; complaints deluge a company; a celebrity is deluged with fan mail.
The word emphasizes being inundated beyond capacity to cope: We were deluged with applications after the job posting went viral.
Below water's surface
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
soaked · awash · overflowing · floodwaters · surge · overflow · immersed · inundated
Attacked with heavy fire
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
buried · drowning · overrun · flooded · avalanched · barraged · beset · piled on
Intense precipitation event
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
storm · squall · thunderstorm · sheets of rain · driving rain · flash flood · drenching · soaking
submerged
Below water's surface
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drenchedThoroughly wet throughout
saturated · soaked · awash · overflowing · floodwaters · surge · overflow · immersed · inundated · swamped
bombarded
Attacked with heavy fire
overloaded · buried · drowning · overrun · flooded · avalanched · barraged · beset · piled on · crushed
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
precipitation · storm · squall · thunderstorm · sheets of rain · driving rain · flash flood · drenching · soaking · torrents
delugeddried
Stripped of moisture
parched · dehydrated · desiccated · drained · bone-dry
delugedtrickled
Flowed in drops
starved · underwhelmed · deprived · bereft · neglected
delugedunderwhelmed
Feeling letdown by something
unstimulated · unbothered · unaffected · ignored · neglected