Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
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1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
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The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
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Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.
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Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
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2. To project or impend over threateningly.
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His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
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3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overwhelming
adj 1: so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for
solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become
overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn: overpowering]
2: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion";
"overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming]
WordNet (r) 2.0
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "overwhelming":
absolute, adducible, admissible, agitating, amazing, astonishing,
astounding, attestative, attestive, authentic, awe-inspiring,
awesome, based on, bewildering, breathtaking, burdensome, certain,
charged, circumstantial, cliff-hanging, conclusive, confounding,
convincing, crushing, cumulative, damning, decisive, determinative,
devastating, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, documentary,
documented, electric, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exciting,
exhilarating, eye-opening, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand,
formidable, founded on, galvanic, grounded on, heady, hearsay,
heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling,
impenetrable, implicit, impregnable, impressive, incontestable,
incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, indomitable,
inexpugnable, inflammatory, insuperable, intoxicating, invincible,
inviolable, invulnerable, irrefutable, irresistible, jarring,
jolting, maddening, material, mind-blowing, mind-boggling,
monumental, moving, nuncupative, overcoming, overmastering,
overmatching, overpowering, perturbing, piquant, presumptive,
probative, prodigious, provocative, provoking, ravishing, reliable,
resistless, significant, soul-stirring, spectacular,
spirit-stirring, staggering, startling, stimulating, stimulative,
stirring, striking, stunning, stupefying, suggestive, sure,
surprising, suspenseful, suspensive, symptomatic, tantalizing,
telling, thrilling, thrilly, troubling, unassailable, unbearable,
unbeatable, unconquerable, uncontrollable, unendurable, unsettling,
unsubduable, unsurmountable, unyielding, upsetting, valid,
weighty
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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