swamped

[swompt]

adjective

1. filled or covered with water; flooded; inundated.

   The most important thing we learned is how to paddle a swamped canoe back in to shore.

   He saw lines of people walking along the swamped road, completely drenched.

2. overwhelmed, especially with an excess of something.

   The website outage was most likely caused by swamped servers.

   Whether it's helping a swamped colleague with a project or buying a stranger a cup of coffee, any small act of kindness can boost happiness.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of swamp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of swamped¹

swamp ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mr Demape says he struggled to find a petrol station that was not swamped with long queues.

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Opponents of Proposition 50, who have been swamped in fundraising by their rivals, seized upon the error as proof that the measure was hastily placed on the ballot.

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Thousands of people queued outside polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a president, MPs and local councillors, keenly hoping to effect change in a country swamped by economic troubles.

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Letters poured into Coca-Cola headquarters by the thousands, and the phone lines swamped; a psychiatrist brought in to listen reported hearing people mourn as if a relative had died.

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"It has gone from being a really serious problem to being a really major crisis… People are swamped."

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Related Words

• ashore 
• marooned 
• stranded 
• wrecked