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overwhelming   (TTS Sound)

The verb overwhelm has 4 senses

• overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake -- (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)


• overwhelm, deluge, flood out -- (charge someone with too many tasks)


• submerge, drown, overwhelm -- (cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech")


• overpower, overmaster, overwhelm -- (overcome by superior force)

The adj 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")


• consuming, overwhelming -- (very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy")