Adjective overwhelming has 2 senses
- overpowering, overwhelming - so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
Antonym: resistible (indirect, via irresistible)
- consuming, overwhelming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
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Verb overwhelm has 4 senses
- overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
--1 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- overwhelm, deluge, flood out - charge someone with too many tasks
--2 is one way to charge, saddle, burden
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- submerge, drown, overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
--3 is one way to cover, spread over
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- overpower, overmaster, overwhelm - overcome by superior force
--4 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to overwhelm his opponent
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