ท่วมท้น
overwhelming
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- 1 overwhelming、overflowing (with emotion, support, etc.)
Describes an amount, response, or feeling so great that it seems to overflow or become overwhelming.
overwhelming、overflowing (with emotion, support, etc.)
Describes feelings, support, or other abstract things as exceptionally abundant or overwhelming.
Learning notes
Explanation
ท่วม means to flood or inundate, while ท้น means to overflow past an edge. Together, ท่วมท้น creates a vivid image of something exceeding its limits and spilling over. It is generally used figuratively for abstract things such as love, emotion, support, welcome, or votes rather than for literal flooding. It can describe a noun, as in ความรักอันท่วมท้น (“overwhelming love”), or modify an action through the common pattern อย่างท่วมท้น, as in ได้รับการสนับสนุนอย่างท่วมท้น (“receive overwhelming support”).
Usage
Commonly used for overwhelming electoral support, a huge public response, an enthusiastic welcome, or powerful emotions such as love, gratitude, and joy. It often appears in news reports, speeches, and promotional language, but it can also be used in conversation when the speaker wants strong emotional emphasis.
Caution
For an ordinary large number or amount, มาก or มากมาย is usually more natural. ท่วมท้น adds the strong sense of being overflowing or overwhelming and may sound exaggerated for routine quantities. For literal floods or inundation, use น้ำท่วม or ท่วม instead.
Differences from similar words
1 overwhelming synonyms
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ล้นหลาม emphasizes people, things, or responses arriving in very large numbers. ท่วมท้น is also commonly used for powerful feelings such as love and gratitude.
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เต็มเปี่ยม means completely filled with a feeling or quality. ท่วมท้น is more forceful, suggesting something so abundant that it virtually overflows.