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- Dictionaryinundate/ˈɪnʌndeɪt/
verb
- 1. overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with: "we've been inundated with complaints from listeners" Similar
- 2. flood: "the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise" Similar
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to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all: We have been inundated with requests for help. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing difficulties for oneself or others. ask questions of someone/something idiom. be a tall order idiom. be asking for trouble idiom. be your own worst enemy idiom.
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all: We have been inundated with requests for help. Causing difficulties for oneself or others. ask questions of someone/something idiom. be a tall order idiom. be asking for trouble idiom. be your own worst enemy idiom. bother someone with something. catch. dig.
noun. inundatory. i-ˈnən-də-ˌtȯr-ē. adjective. Did you know? In the summer of 1993, record rains in the Midwest caused the Mississippi River to overflow its banks, break through levees, and inundate the entire countryside; such an inundation hadn't been seen for at least a hundred years.
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all: We have been inundated with requests for help. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing difficulties for oneself or others. ask questions of someone/something idiom. be a tall order idiom. be asking for trouble idiom. be your own worst enemy idiom.
If you say that you are inundated with things, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all. Her office was inundated with requests for tickets. American English : inundate / ˈɪnʌndeɪt /
adjective. flooded: Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising. 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.
Definition of inundate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To inundate means to quickly fill up or overwhelm, just like a flood. Your bathroom could be inundated with water if the pipes burst, and hopefully your inbox is inundated with nice emails on your birthday.
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge. to overwhelm: inundated with letters of protest. Synonyms: glut. inundate. / ˈɪnʌnˌdeɪt / verb. to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp. to overwhelm, as if with a flood. to be inundated with requests. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈinunˌdator, noun. ˌinunˈdation, noun.
1. to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp. 2. to overwhelm, as if with a flood: to be inundated with requests. [C17: from Latin inundāre to flood, from unda wave] ˈinundant, inˈundatory adj. ˌinunˈdation n. ˈinunˌdator n.
