Whelm — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɛlm/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɛlm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɛlm/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɛlm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

overpower sweep over overtake overwhelm overcome

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

bémol

surmonté, comme avec les émotions ou les stimuli perceptuels

🇪🇸Spanish

timón

superar, como ocurre con las emociones o los estímulos perceptivos

🇮🇹Italian

travolgere

superare, come nel caso delle emozioni o degli stimoli percettivi

🇳🇱Dutch

overstromen

overwinnen, zoals bij emoties of perceptuele stimuli

🇵🇹Portuguese

esmagar

superado, como acontece com emoções ou estímulos perceptivos

🇷🇺Russian

захлестнуть

преодолеть, как в случае с эмоциями или перцептивными стимулами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

व्हेल्म

भावनाओं या अवधारणात्मक उत्तेजनाओं के साथ, काबू पाएं

🇮🇳Tamil

வெல்ம்

உணர்ச்சிகள் அல்லது புலனுணர்வு தூண்டுதல்கள் போன்றவற்றைக் கடக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

చక్రవర్తి

భావోద్వేగాలు లేదా గ్రహణ ప్రేరణల వలె అధిగమించండి

🇮🇳Gujarati

વ્હાલમ

કાબુ, જેમ કે લાગણીઓ અથવા સમજશક્તિની ઉત્તેજના સાથે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುಕ್ಕು

ಭಾವನೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆಯ ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆಗಳಂತೆ ಜಯಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വെൽം

വികാരങ്ങൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ധാരണാപരമായ ഉത്തേജകങ്ങൾ പോലെ മറികടക്കുക

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

压倒

克服，如情绪或知觉刺激

🇯🇵Japanese

ヘルム

感情や知覚刺激のように、克服する

🇰🇷Korean

삼키다

감정이나 지각 자극과 마찬가지로 극복

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự choáng ngợp

khắc phục, như với cảm xúc hoặc kích thích nhận thức

🇹🇭Thai

หวีด

เอาชนะเช่นเดียวกับอารมณ์หรือสิ่งกระตุ้นการรับรู้

🇮🇩Indonesian

aliran

diatasi, seperti halnya emosi atau rangsangan persepsi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضربة قاضية

التغلب عليها، كما هو الحال مع العواطف أو المحفزات الإدراكية

🇮🇷Persian

هول کردن

مانند احساسات یا محرک های ادراکی غلبه کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

sersemletmek

duygular veya algısal uyaranlarda olduğu gibi üstesinden gelmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

משענת

להתגבר, כמו עם רגשות או גירויים תפיסתיים

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