overwhelming

o-ver-whelm-ing · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Very great in amount, effect, or force; impossible to resist or ignore.

  2. 2.

    (of a victory or majority) Very large.

Related words

Antonyms: modest, underwhelming
See also: immense, massive, overpowering
Synonyms: immense, overpowering, staggering

Etymology

Present participle of overwhelm, from Middle English overwhelmen, from over + whelm ("to submerge, overturn").