It does NOT mean indifference. It means:
1. To be submerged, turned-over, or covered up. Or, more commonly,
2. To be so over-taken with emotion or excitement that one feels "turned upside down" or completely engulfed.
It does NOT mean "neutral" or BETWEEN "underwhelmed" and "overwhelmed". If anything, "whelmed" means to be overwhelmed or just slightly less excited than "overwhelmed".
1. To be submerged, turned-over, or covered up. Or, more commonly,
2. To be so over-taken with emotion or excitement that one feels "turned upside down" or completely engulfed.
It does NOT mean "neutral" or BETWEEN "underwhelmed" and "overwhelmed". If anything, "whelmed" means to be overwhelmed or just slightly less excited than "overwhelmed".
I was whelmed by the majestic view on top of the mountain.
The dance was so whelming, I was almost overwhelmed.
The dance was so whelming, I was almost overwhelmed.
by NorCalBruin September 9, 2010
by TBlanners December 13, 2016
a state of utter neutrality where one is neither under or over whelmed
can most commonly be used when a fact is given, intending to be interesting, but in fact is completely useless
can most commonly be used when a fact is given, intending to be interesting, but in fact is completely useless
Person 1: I found out something really interesting today
Person 2: oh yeah?
Person 1: The average person drinks four cups of tea per week
Person 2: I am whelmed by that information
Person 2: oh yeah?
Person 1: The average person drinks four cups of tea per week
Person 2: I am whelmed by that information
by stigmato October 19, 2010
To be in a state of inflicted normality. See also OVER and UNDER whelm.
Not technically a word, but by all logic, it should be.
Not technically a word, but by all logic, it should be.
As referenced in "Clueless": You can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you just be whelmed?
by Dillon Flynn July 23, 2004
The definition of overwhelmed or underwhelmed is a variant of to much or to little of an expected emotion, that would mean whelmed would be an exact feeling of emotion that was previously expected.
1) The first movie was terrible . As a result i was whelmed with the results of the sequel.
( note that whelmed can only be truly understood by people who know or understand your feeling before the events that you are describing in said sentence.)
( note that whelmed can only be truly understood by people who know or understand your feeling before the events that you are describing in said sentence.)
by Vecter V February 25, 2016
To be so thoroughly unmoved by something that even being underwhelmed is too much effort. A state of complete apathy.
by thurmability March 1, 2009
by Jaundice girls friend May 1, 2021