Engulf
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪŋˈɡʌlf/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Engulf is a verb meaning (transitive) To overwhelm.
Meaning
(transitive) To overwhelm.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
- (transitive) To cast into a gulf.
Example Sentences
Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.
Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.
Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
The blank spaces of Mallarmé, the silence of Maesterlinck, the inaniloquous repetitive babblings of Gertrude Stein are the abyss which threatens to engulf creative effort if it continues in this direction.
Word Forms
- engulfs
- engulfing
- engulfed
Synonyms for engulf
Depending on context, synonyms include absorb, plunge, engross, immerse, steep.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include immerse, plunge, absorb, steep, engross, encompass.
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