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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
- 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
- Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times
- The succession of blows—the Agency’s decision not to provide us with any security, followed by the horrifying SSCI report and its Additional Views section, then my colleague’s inability or unwillingness to retestify before the SSCI, and the continuing media onslaught—were overwhelming. Fair Game
- 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.
- 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.
