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Synonyms for overwhelming
ˌoʊ vərˈʰwɛl mɪŋ, -ˈwɛl-over·whelm·ing
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Wiktionary
overwhelmingverb
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underwhelmingoverwhelmingadjective
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
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underwhelmingoverwhelmingadjective
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underwhelmingoverwhelmingadjective
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underwhelming
Princeton's WordNet
overpowering, overwhelmingadjective
so strong as to be irresistible
"an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
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consuming, overpoweringAntonyms:
mild, resistibleconsuming, overwhelmingadjective
very intense
"politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
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consuming, overpoweringAntonyms:
resistible, mild
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
overwhelmingadjective
Synonyms:
irresistible, overpowering
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "overwhelming":
vast, daunting, immense, sweeping, resounding, crushing, huge, damning, crippling, great, enormous, irresistible, insurmountable, large, massive, overriding, tremendous, landslide
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#209 | great | |
#462 | large | |
#1133 | huge | |
#3754 | massive | |
#5438 | vast | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#10038 | consuming | |
#11452 | overwhelming | |
#15495 | sweeping | |
#15908 | immense | |
#21692 | crushing | |
#22594 | daunting | |
#22949 | irresistible | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#29316 | landslide | |
#40685 | resounding | |
#42366 | crippling | |
#50871 | damning | |
#51141 | insurmountable | |
#56435 | overpowering |
How to use overwhelming in a sentence?
If the President thinks the call was perfect and there is nothing to hide then he would turn over the thousands of pages of documents requested by Congress, allow witnesses to testify instead of blocking testimony with baseless privilege claims, and provide any exculpatory information that refutes the overwhelming evidence of his abuse of power.
I thought that the public, America, needed to know how close this was, and that the evidence was overwhelming, i did not want Paul Manafort to be guilty, but Paul Manafort was, and no one's above the law. So it was our obligation to look through all the evidence.
Interior Minister Mario Duran:
We've seen people asking for help, asking for the government. We haven't deployed everywhere, the situation is overwhelming.
Its been stressful and overwhelming, after reporting it to HR and management, nothing has happened. At this point I feel powerless. Sometimes I feel like giving up. I feel like there’s nothing I can do.
Nancy Pelosi said,' Chris Lewis, pick me out some, send me about four or five,' since then, whoosh, like a rocket -- it's been overwhelming.
Translations for overwhelming
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- غالبArabic
- überwältigendGerman
- συντριπτικόςGreek
- abrumadorSpanish
- musertavaFinnish
- accablantFrench
- को रोकेHindi
- elsöprőHungarian
- kewalahan, luar biasaIndonesian
- travolgenteItalian
- 圧倒的Japanese
- ಅಗಾಧKannada
- overveldendeNorwegian
- overweldigendDutch
- esmagadorPortuguese
- ошеломля́ющий, подавля́ющий, подавляющийRussian
- అధికTelugu
- baskın, çok büyük, eziciTurkish
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