About The Word Overwhelming

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Overwhelming

Overwhelming Meaning & Definition
Overwhelming Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overwhelming?

[adj] very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
[adj] so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Overwhelming: consuming | intense | irresistible | overpowering | resistless

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See Also |

Overwhelming In Webster's Dictionary

\O`ver*whelm"ing\, a. Overpowering; irresistible. -- {O`ver*whelm"ing*ly}, adv.

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