Associations to the word «Whelm»

Wiktionary

WHELM, verb. To cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.
WHELM, verb. To overcome with emotion.
WHELM, verb. (obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Dictionary definition

WHELM, verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley