overrun :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. too much production or more than expected

v. run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway"

v. seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"

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adj. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"

overrun, infested, plagued, infested with, plagued with

adj. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets"

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

raid, bust

v. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

storm, surprise

v. attack by storm; attack suddenly

downtrodden

adj. abused or oppressed by people in power

subjugated

adj. reduced to submission; "subjugated peoples"

burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down

adj. bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"

obsessed, possessed(p)

adj. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"

haunted

adj. inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"

smitten, stricken, struck

adj. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"

engaged

adj. built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"

filled

adj. (of time) taken up; "well-filled hours"

inhabited, lived-in, tenanted

adj. having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"

owner-occupied

adj. lived in by the owner; "one owner-occupied and three rental apartments"

annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed

adj. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"

care-laden, heavy-laden

adj. burdened by cares; "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28

clouded

adj. mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"

disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried

adj. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)

adj. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"

fraught

adj. marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented

adj. tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis

in trouble

adj. having a serious nonfinancial problem; "in trouble with the police"

stressed, distressed

adj. suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing"

struggling

adj. engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity; "a financially struggling theater"; "struggling artists"

troublous

adj. full of trouble; "these are troublous times"

drain, run out

v. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

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