whelmed
Covered by water
Whelmed means overwhelmed—engulfed, submerged, or buried beneath something.
The word appears almost exclusively in discussions of whether it can stand alone without the *over-* prefix.
In practice, speakers use it playfully to describe a moderate state between underwhelmed and overwhelmed: I'm not overwhelmed, just whelmed.
Covered with water
- swallowedPassed through throat
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- immersedPlunged entirely into
- drownedDied by submersion
sunk · plunged · submerged · deluged · inundated · swamped · awash · waterlogged
Lessen intensity or preside
- manageableAble to be controlled
- copingManaging under strain
- handlingTreatment or management
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
composed · even-keeled · balanced · unperturbed · adequate · sufficient · neither-nor · middling
flooded
Covered with water
drowned · sunk · plunged · submerged · deluged · inundated · swamped · awash · waterlogged · dunked
moderate
Lessen intensity or preside
- manageableAble to be controlled
- copingManaging under strain
- handlingTreatment or management
steady · composed · even-keeled · balanced · unperturbed · adequate · sufficient · neither-nor · middling · tolerable
meme
Shared online humor
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- jokeHumorous statement seeking laughter
- ironicExpressing contrary meaning
sarcastic · comedic · hyperbolic · wordplay · contrast · exaggeration · deadpan · witty · clever · satirical
whelmedoverwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
underwhelmed · unaffected · unmoved · indifferent · unfazed
whelmedexposed
Out in open
surfaced · uncovered · emerged · afloat · unsubmerged
whelmedoverwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
underwhelmed · overwrought · flooded · swamped · inundated
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