engulfment
Being completely consumed
Engulfment is the act of swallowing something up completely, surrounding and absorbing it.
Water engulfs a sinking ship; flames engulf a building.
The word often describes overwhelming force—physical or emotional: She felt a sudden engulfment of grief.
In psychology, engulfment refers to the fear of losing one's identity in a relationship, of being consumed by another person's needs or presence.
Overwhelm with excess
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
drown · saturate · consume · devour · overtake · tsunami · avalanche · overwhelm
Burial cloth or covering
- encaseSurround on all sides
- cocoonSilk wrapping for transformation
- cloakSleeveless outer wrap
- veilFabric that obscures
enfold · enwrap · surround · embrace · enclose · smother · blanket · enshroud
Boundary-blurring relational pattern
- codependencyExcessive emotional reliance on another
- smotheringDepriving of air
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- fusionJoining into unity
merger · identity · symbiosis · possessiveness · attachment · anxiety · suffocation · claustrophobia
Visible burning combustion
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
combustion · incineration · firestorm · burning · spreading · consuming · raging · destruction
inundate
Overwhelm with excess
overpower · drown · saturate · consume · devour · overtake · tsunami · avalanche · overwhelm · catastrophe
shroud
Burial cloth or covering
veil · enfold · enwrap · surround · embrace · enclose · smother · blanket · enshroud · encircle
enmeshment
Boundary-blurring relational pattern
- codependencyExcessive emotional reliance on another
- smotheringDepriving of air
- boundaryLine marking a limit
fusion · merger · identity · symbiosis · possessiveness · attachment · anxiety · suffocation · claustrophobia · intrusion
flames
Visible burning combustion
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
wildfire · combustion · incineration · firestorm · burning · spreading · consuming · raging · destruction · smoke
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- submersionsubmersion, submerging, immersion, total immersion, going under
- unhealthy attachmentclinginess, codependency, enmeshment, clingy, neediness
- Endocytosisendosome, internalization, phagocytosis, macropinocytosis, invagination
- Endosymbiosisendosymbiosis, mitochondria, chloroplast, chloroplasts, host cell
- absorptionabsorb, absorption, sorption, uptake, adsorption
engulfmentgrazing
Feeding on pasture
skimming · touching · brushing · partial coverage · light exposure
engulfmentrelease
To let go
expulsion · emergence · liberation · ejection · disgorging
engulfmentabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
detachment · emotional distance · disconnection · separation · isolation