inundated

[in-uhn-dey-tid, -uhn-]

adjective

1. flooded.

   Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising.

2. overwhelmed by a great volume of something.

   The first congratulatory email was a high for all of us; then we got another, and another, and by the end of the day we had an inundated inbox.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• uninundated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inundated¹

inundate + -ed ²

Related Words

• afloat 
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