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  1. Whelm is labeled as "archaic" in NOAD, as it has fallen out of use. Left in its wake are the would-be superlative overwhelm (which, rather than actually meaning "more than whelmed", has simply taken over its parent's definition) and its opposite underwhelm .

  2. Nov 5, 2014 · A: Yes, “whelm” was—and still is—a verb. Though it’s not overwhelmingly popular today, “whelm” is a fine old word with roots that may go back to Anglo-Saxon times.

  3. When you are "overwhelmed," you are completely covered, turned over and rendered helpless by something. "Overwhelm" first appeared in English around 1300, but the more figurative sense of "drowning in work" or "overcome by circumstances" first arose in the 16th century.

  4. I don’t think medium-whelmed fairly represents the idea of “just right” that falls between too little (under) and too much (over) “whelm”. Goldilocks is way too enthusiastic about finding “just right” to refer to it as medium.

  5. Whelm is a derived term of overwhelm. As verbs the difference between overwhelm and whelm is that overwhelm is to engulf, surge over and submerge while whelm is to cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.

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  8. Oct 4, 2022 · When you add the prefix under- to whelmed, you get underwhelmed, a synonym for unimpressed (“I’ve been underwhelmed by your work this quarter”). But when you add over- to whelmed, you get overwhelmed, which means “to inundate or engulf.”.

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