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500+ Rhyming Words For UNDERWHELMS

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overwhelms10
3 verbv
verb

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

immense7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

offense7
2 nounn
noun

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• the action of attacking an enemy

elms4
1 nounn
noun

• any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

• hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture

helms5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

• (figurative) a position of leadership

verb

• be at or take the helm of

whelms6
1 verbv
verb

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation

pence5
1 nounn
noun

• a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

• a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

dishelms8
2 verbv
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skelms6
1 nounn
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unhelms7
2 verbv
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defense7
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

• protection from harm

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the justification for some act or belief

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

evidence8
3 nounn
noun

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• an indication that makes something evident

• (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

verb

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• provide evidence for

• give evidence

nonsense8
2 nounn
noun

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

adjective satellite

• having no intelligible meaning

sense5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a general conscious awareness

• the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

• sound practical judgment

• a natural appreciation or ability

verb

• perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

• detect some circumstance or entity automatically

• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

• discern

absence7
2 nounn
noun

• the state of being absent

• failure to be present

• the time interval during which something or somebody is away

• the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

defence7
2 nounn
noun

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

dense5
1 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together

expense7
2 nounn
noun

• amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

• a detriment or sacrifice

• money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

verb

• reduce the estimated value of something

fence5
1 nounn
noun

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

verb

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

hence5
1 adverbadv
adverb

• (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

• from this place

• from this time

intense7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

adjective satellite

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

offence7
2 nounn
noun

• the action of attacking an enemy

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

residence9
3 nounn
noun

• any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

• the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

• the act of dwelling in a place

• a large and imposing house

tense5
1 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

noun

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

verb

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

vengeance9
2 nounn
noun

• the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

independence12
4 nounn
noun

• a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

• freedom from control or influence of another or others

• the successful ending of the American Revolution

intelligence12
4 nounn
noun

• the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

• a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

• secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

• information about recent and important events

• the operation of gathering information about an enemy

interference12
4 nounn
noun

• a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• (American football) blocking a player's path with your body

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

allegiance10
3 nounn
noun

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

cadence7
2 nounn
noun

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• the close of a musical section

• a recurrent rhythmical series

commence8
2 verbv
verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• get off the ground

credence8
2 nounn
noun

• the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

• a kind of sideboard or buffet

decadence9
3 nounn
noun

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

dependence10
3 nounn
noun

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

dispense8
2 verbv
verb

• administer or bestow, as in small portions

• grant a dispensation; grant an exemption

• give or apply (medications)

emergence9
3 nounn
noun

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• the becoming visible

• the act of emerging

• the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

eminence8
3 nounn
noun

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

incense7
2 verbv
noun

• a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned

• the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned

verb

• perfume especially with a censer

• make furious

indulgence10
3 nounn
noun

• an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

• a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

• the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

• foolish or senseless behavior

• the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

negligence10
3 nounn
noun

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

persistence11
3 nounn
noun

• the property of a continuous and connected period of time

• persistent determination

• the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

precedence10
3 nounn
noun

• status established in order of importance or urgency

• preceding in time

• the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

pretence8
2 nounn
noun

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• the act of giving a false appearance

pretense8
2 nounn
noun

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

prominence10
3 nounn
noun

• the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

• relative importance or fame

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

providence10
3 nounn
noun

• the guardianship and control exercised by a deity

• the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University

• a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

• the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources

prudence8
2 nounn
noun

• discretion in practical affairs

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

reverence9
3 nounn
noun

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• a reverent mental attitude

• an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy)

verb

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

riddance8
2 nounn
noun

• the act of removing or getting rid of something

• the act of forcing out someone or something

sixpence8
2 nounn
noun

• a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

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