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Irresistible — huge
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overwhelming
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Word definitions for overwhelming in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a. Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly , adv.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn: overpowering ] very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an irresistible/uncontrollable/overwhelming urge (= very strong ) ▪ I was overcome by an irresistible urge to laugh. an overwhelming majority (= a large majority ) ▪ The resolution was passed by an overwhelming ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong. 2 Very great or intense. 3 extreme. v (present participle of overwhelm English)
Usage examples of overwhelming.
The sensation was so overwhelming that she barely noticed that Ambrose had changed positions and was now looming over her.
They deploy air assets in waves of overwhelming numbers--you know how they are, they always have to have numerical superiority.
Time and attrition would destroy them as surely as an attack by overwhelming odds.
The overwhelming impression given by the newest changes, between the fresh green glow of her eyes and the amoebic tattoos in constant motion beneath the exposed skin of her arms and legs, was shallow exoticism for its own sake.
To one accustomed to small groups and simplicity, such an extravaganza must be overwhelming.
German was the language of her memories, those that had come back like a metastasis, overwhelming her.
Which fact has made exactly no difference to the overwhelming outrush of modern masterpieces, four a shilling in the third tray from the left.
Assuming he and Kama returned to the twenty-first century, would they lose their memories of Overbridge, or have to live with an overwhelming sense of loss?
Timmy could smell pastrami, vinegar and onion despite the overwhelming smell of cleaning solution in the room.
Although eight was not a particularly overwhelming number, all eight openings were covered with huge sheets of clear polyurethane due to the construction, the translucent curtains apparently intended to keep dust off the tombs inside the alcoves.
We see that there is overwhelming evidence for the existence of precognition but, more important, we learn that there are more successful and less successful ways to do experiments.
We find it impossible to conceive of the overwhelming importance of elderly people in preliterate societies as repositories of information and experience.
The responsibilities were overwhelming despite his thorough prenticeship, and his workload was staggering.
Tunisia by then and the French are so underequipped, we shall have an overwhelming British preponderance in this theatre.
By that time there were other no less interesting casualties to observe, and by that time Prew had lost that first overwhelming disgust.