Usually means: Adequately impressive, neither over nor under.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word whelming:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. whelming: Merriam-Webster
  2. whelming: Collins English Dictionary
  3. whelming: Vocabulary.com
  4. whelming: Wordnik
  5. whelming: Wiktionary
  6. whelming: Dictionary.com
  7. Whelming: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Whelming: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. whelming: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. whelming: FreeDictionary.org
  11. whelming: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whelming: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Whelming: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whelming)

▸ noun:  Something that covers or submerges.

Similar:
overwhelm, overpower, overcome, overtake, sweep over, swamper, demersion, inundation, deluge, overwhelmer, more...

Opposite:
underwhelming, overwhelming

Adjectives:
over, sudden, swift, personal, magical, easy

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Similar:
overwhelm, overpower, overcome, overtake, sweep over, swamper, demersion, inundation, deluge, overwhelmer, more...

Opposite:
underwhelming, overwhelming

Adjectives:
over, sudden, swift, personal, magical, easy



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