overwhelming

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.

   The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades.

2. 2
   noun

   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 […]

3. 3
   adj

   very intense

4. 4
   adj

   so strong as to be irresistible

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of overwhelm

6. 6
   adj

   Very great or intense.

7. 7
   adj

   Extreme.

Etymology

By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.