Definition of "whelmed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of whelm. (verb)

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• "(Turns out that whelmed is a real word that means “to cover with water,” so “overwhelmed” is a tad redundant and “underwhelmed” is just plan oxymoronic.)"
• "Each rolling mountain whelmed them from view, and I would wait with sickening anxiety, fearing that they would never appear again."
• ""whelmed" and told me nobody had ever offered her a "rosebud" before."