overwhelming
verb/ˌəʊvəˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/UK/ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmɪŋ/US/ˌoːʋaˈwɛlmɪŋ/
Etymology
By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Definitions
present participle and gerund of overwhelm
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
- The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.
- It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.
- God is an overwhelming responsibility.
Very great or intense.
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Extreme.
A situation of being overwhelmed.
- They have centuries of premodern experience in coping with being overwhelmed in multiple ways—not only by God, but also by other overwhelmings that have always been part of the human condition, such as disease, famine, war […]
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- synonymravishing
- synonymsweeping
- antonymunderwhelming
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at overwhelming. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at overwhelming. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at overwhelming
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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