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say it: oh-vur-WEL-ming
overwhelming is an adjective meaning "so strong as to be irresistible". It carries 2 recorded senses.
so strong as to be irresistible
“an overpowering need for solitude”
“the temptation to despair may become overwhelming”
“an overwhelming majority”
very strong; urgently felt
“politics is his consuming passion”
“overwhelming joy”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for overwhelming come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.