1. Flow over, cover, surround or overtake completely
   "waves ingulfd the small boat"; "The crowd ingulfd the celebrity"; "The scandal ingulfd the administration";";
   - engulf
    
2. Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
   "Fear ingulfed him";
   - overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake, engulf

Derived forms: ingulfs, ingulfing, ingulfed

Type of: arouse, elicit, enclose, enfold, enkindle [literary], envelop, enwrap, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise, wrap

Encyclopedia: Ingulf