flooded

The word “flooded” means covered or filled with water after a flood. In plain terms, full of water, or overwhelmed by too much of something.

“Flooded” is pronounced FLUH-dihd (/ˈflʌdɪd/ in IPA).

Here is “flooded” used in a sentence: “The basement was completely flooded after the storm.”

Words with a similar meaning to “flooded” include inundated.

The opposite of “flooded” — its antonyms — are unflooded and uninundated.

“Flooded” is an adjective.

“Flooded” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Flooded” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: covered or filled with water after a flood.

The literal sense of flooded describes an area covered or filled with water after a flood, such as a flooded street or basement. The figurative sense describes being overwhelmed with an excessive amount of something, such as being flooded with emails or requests, extending the idea of being submerged to being swamped with too much of anything.

Yes, 'flooded with' is commonly used figuratively for non-water things, as in 'flooded with calls,' 'flooded with applications,' or 'flooded with sunlight,' meaning an overwhelming or abundant amount arrived at once.

Flooded functions as an adjective describing a state, as in 'the flooded field,' though it is also the past tense and past participle of the verb flood, as in 'the river flooded the valley overnight.'