overwhelming
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overwhelm/əʊvəˈwelm/
▶verb
- 1 bury or drown beneath a huge mass.
■ give too much of something to: they were overwhelmed by letters.
- 2 have a strong emotional effect on.
- 3 defeat completely; overpower.
– derivatives
overwhelming adjective,
overwhelmingly adverb,
overwhelmingness noun.
overwhelming adjective,
overwhelmingly adverb,
overwhelmingness noun.
'overwhelming' also found in these Oxford entries:
avalanche
- barrage
- blitz
- bombshell
- devastate
- ecstasy
- flood
- heartbreak
- heartbreaking
- hellacious
- juggernaut
- killing
- landslide
- load
- mail bomb
- overwhelm
- panic attack
- sentence adverb
- skunk
- stranglehold
- subside
- tidal wave
- torrent
- transport
- turkey shoot
