Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

overwhelmed

English answer:

if everything gets too much for you

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
Apr 16, 2021 14:09
3 yrs ago
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English term

overwhelmed

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
You can also call a crisis line if you feel overwhelmed and it is hard to cope with stressful things in your life.
Change log

Apr 16, 2021 15:57: Rob Grayson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Apr 19, 2021 12:57: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Jennifer White, Rob Grayson

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Discussion

David Hollywood Apr 17, 2021:
all suggested solutions good so up to you to decide

Responses

+6
2 mins
Selected

if everything gets too much for you

too much (wrong stuff) happening or too depressed and you feel you can't cope

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Note added at 4 mins (2021-04-16 14:13:57 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/overwhe...

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Note added at 4 mins (2021-04-16 14:14:30 GMT)
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too stressed out here

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Note added at 5 mins (2021-04-16 14:15:08 GMT)
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and you feel you can't deal with it (alone)
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
13 mins
Thanks:-)
agree James A. Walsh
54 mins
Thanks:-)
agree Shera Lyn Parpia
1 hr
Thanks:-)
agree Sarah Lewis-Morgan
2 hrs
Thanks:-)
agree AllegroTrans
10 hrs
Thanks!
agree David Hollywood
12 hrs
Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
14 mins

overburdened

Peer comment(s):

agree eski : I like your synonym. :)
44 mins
Thank you, Elski.
agree David Hollywood : works too
12 hrs
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+1
3 hrs

so stressful that it is more than you can cope with

so stressful that it is more than you can cope with
Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood : and works too
8 hrs
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