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Definitions for Deluge

[1] a great flood of water; inundation; flood.
[2] a drenching rain; downpour.
[3] anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.
[4] the Deluge. flood(def 3) .
[5] to flood; inundate.
[6] to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters.
[7] a great flood of water
[8] torrential rain; downpour
[9] an overwhelming rush or number a deluge of requests
[10] to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
[11] to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
[12] the Deluge another name for the Flood

Words related to Deluge

inundation, spate, avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, torrent, drench, soak, flood, overwhelm, swamp, douse, submerge, overflow, overrun, engulf, teem, inundate, overload, overcrowd

Words nearby Deluge

deltoid muscle, deltoidal, delts, delubrum, delude, deluge, delusion, delusion of grandeur, delusion of negation, delusion of persecution, delusional

Origin of Deluge

1325–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin dīluvium flood, equivalent to dīluv-, base of dīluere to wash away, dissolve (dī- di2 + -luere, combining form of lavere to wash) + -ium -ium

Other words from Deluge

un·del·uged , adjective

Word origin for Deluge

C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1 + -luere, from lavere to wash

Synonyms for Deluge

avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, inundation, spate, torrent, Niagara, cataract, flux, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, drencher