Clarify, if possible.
2007-01-02 13:34:56 · 8 answers · asked by Karyn E 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Sure, you can be whelmed. Just visit your local swimming pool or sink into your bathtub. "Whelmed" means to cover with water.
2007-01-02 13:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Mike S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, although being whelmed is the same as being overwhelmed. BTW you stole this question from the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
2007-01-02 13:39:27 · answer #2 · answered by JustJill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: whelm
Pronunciation: 'hwelm, 'welm
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English
transitive verb
1 : to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something : cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect
2 : to overcome in thought or feeling : OVERWHELM
intransitive verb : to pass or go over something so as to bury or submerge it
2007-01-02 13:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by kute_regina_gal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think "underwhelmed" was originally a play on words with "overwhelmed" that just kind of stuck in the vernacular.
If you're disgruntled, does that mean you were gruntled before?
2007-01-02 13:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes ma'am you may indeed be whelmed.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whelm
2007-01-02 13:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by ♫ Silence 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-01-02 13:38:26 · answer #6 · answered by Hushyanoize 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, thats the English language for you
2007-01-02 13:36:23 · answer #7 · answered by nothankyou 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
you can only be over whelmed
2007-01-02 13:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by connie sue 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋