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   O·ver·whelm·ing

   /ˌōvərˈ(h)welmiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. very great in amount: "the overwhelming majority of the comments were positive" Similar very largeprofuseenormousimmenseinordinatemassivehugeformidablestupendousprodigiousfantasticstaggeringshatteringdevastatingsweepinginformal:mind-bogglingmind-blowingvery strongforcefulprofounduncontrollableirrepressibleirresistibleunbearableoverpoweringoppressiveunutterablecompellingirrefutableOpposite small
   • ▪ (especially of an emotion) very strong: "an overwhelming feeling of gratitude"

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   • 1. overwhelmingness noun

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   What is the meaning of 'overwhelm'?

   • verb [with object] 1 Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water. ‘floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses’ More example sentences Give too much of something to; inundate. ‘they were overwhelmed by farewell messages’ More example sentences 2 Have a strong emotional effect on. ‘I was overwhelmed with guilt’

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   • synonyms overcome , move, stir, affect, touch, impress, sweep someone off their feet, strike, stun, make emotional, dumbfound, shake, disturb, devastate, take aback, daze, spellbind, dazzle, floor, leave speechless, take someone's breath away, stagger

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   What does the name overwhelm mean?

   • ō-vėr-hwelm′, v.t. to overspread and crush by something heavy or strong: to flow over and bear down: to overcome.— p.adj. Overwhel′ming, crushing with weight, &c.: irresistible.— adv. Overwhel′mingly. A comprehensive word derived from the Ang.-Saxon wylm, a wave.

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   • use "overwhelm" in a sentence Some residents worry increased traffic could overwhelm the parking lot at Kinlock Park. Those placeholders take up space and they overwhelm machines with a small amount of storage. The salmon may return en masse in part to overwhelm the bears, who can't possibly eat them all.

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