Word: whelmed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: whelmed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of whelm; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Morphemes:
Affix: whelm
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To overcome with emotion; to overwhelm.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: whelmen
Language: enm
Decoded: whelmen
Meaning: to turn over, capsize; to invert, turn upside down
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.