overwhelming in English dictionary

  • overwhelming

    Meanings and definitions of "overwhelming"

    • Present participle of to overwhelm.
    • Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
    • Very great or intense.
    • Extreme.
    • adjective
      Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
    • adjective
      Very great or intense.
    • adjective
      Extreme.
    • noun
      A situation of being overwhelmed.
    • verb
      present participle of [i]overwhelm[/i]
    • adjective
      so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
    • adjective
      very strong; urgently felt; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"

    Synonyms of "overwhelming" in English dictionary

    resistless, consuming, irresistible are the top synonyms of "overwhelming" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of overwhelming

    • overwhelming ( comparative more overwhelming, superlative most overwhelming)
    • overwhelming (comparative more overwhelming, superlative most overwhelming)
    • overwhelming (plural overwhelmings)
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