Overwhelming - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌəʊvərˈwelmɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word overwhelming
Brit.  |əʊvəˈwelmɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word overwhelming
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be'to overwhelm

adjective

- so strong as to be irresistible (syn: overpowering)
the temptation to despair may become overwhelming
an overwhelming majority
- very strong; urgently felt (syn: consuming)
overwhelming joy

Extra examples

She felt an overwhelming desire to hit him.

She found the city quite overwhelming when she first arrived.

There is overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health.

An overwhelming majority of the members were against the idea.

The proposal has been given overwhelming support.

The British Air Force succeeded despite overwhelming odds against them.

She has an overwhelming need to be liked and respected.

The state legislature passed the statute by an overwhelming margin.

There is absolutely overwhelming proof for evolution.

...dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report...

...only just recently gained an inceptive understanding of the overwhelming vastness of the universe...

...in the tropics the noonday heat can be overwhelming...

...not since Rome in its glory days had a nation enjoyed such overwhelming military preponderance...

...she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop...

...fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition...

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