overwhelming
Meanings
Plural: overwhelmings
Verb
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- charge someone with too many tasks
- cover completely or make imperceptible
- overcome by superior force
- present participle and gerund of overwhelm
Adjective Satellite
- so strong as to be irresistible
- "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"
- "an overwhelming majority"
- very intense
- "overwhelming joy"
Adj
- Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
- Very great or intense.
- Extreme.
Noun
- A situation of being overwhelmed.
Origin / Etymology
By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Synonyms
consuming, deluge, drown, flood out, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overpowering, overtake, overwhelm, ravishing, submerge, sweep over, sweeping, whelm
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 24
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