Hyphenation of overwhelm

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overwhelm? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

over-whelm

Definitions of overwhelm:

1.	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
2.	Charge someone with too many tasks
3.	Cover completely or make imperceptible I was drowned in work The noise drowned out her speech
4.	Overcome by superior force

Synonyms of overwhelm:

verb	overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
verb	deluge, flood out, charge, saddle, burden
verb	submerge, drown, cover, spread over
verb	overpower, overmaster, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.