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UK
/ˌəʊvəwˈɛlmɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈwɛɫmɪŋ, ˌoʊvɝhˈwɛɫmɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˌoʊvɝˈwɛɫmɪŋ, ˌoʊvɝhˈwɛɫmɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
so strong as to be irresistible
an overpowering need for solitude
an overwhelming majority
the temptation to despair may become overwhelming -
very strong; urgently felt
politics is his consuming passion
overwhelming joy
How To Use overwhelming In A Sentence
- The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
- You know that moment when really liking someone turns into a radiant love - overwhelming, a little frightening and almost exasperatingly fresh?
- The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
- They realized it would be suicidal to resist in the face of overwhelming military superiority.
- Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times
- Not even his trusty silver medallion of St. Christopher could protect him against such overwhelming numbers. Storyteller
- Physicist and ufologist Stan Friedman argues that it's overwhelmingly likely that some UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft. Posthuman Blues
- And if signage is any indicator, supporters were overwhelmingly in favor of the public option. Archive 2009-08-01
- Older people overwhelmingly feel that children have less respect for the older generation and older people are unable to discipline their children and grandchildren.
- She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.