WHELMED Definition & Meaning

whelmed

[ welmd, hwelmd ]

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verb

the simple past tense and past participle of whelm.

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Origin of whelmed¹

whelm ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the past tense; whelm ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the past participle

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She’s walking through the school quadrangle, ruminating on whether one “can ever just be whelmed”.

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He was like a worn small rock whelmed by the successive waves of his voice.

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Inside it, the kingcups bloomed and the brook whelmed up from its source.

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Brooks, who made the films The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, said before the ceremony: “I am not overwhelmed, but I am definitely whelmed by this singular honour.”

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I want to feel immersed in the action, not underwhelmed or simply whelmed, but overwhelmed.

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