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   overwhelming

   /ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. very great in amount: "his party won overwhelming support" Similar very largeprofuseenormousimmenseinordinatemassivehugeformidablestupendousprodigiousfantasticstaggeringshatteringdevastatingsweepinginformal:mind-bogglingmind-blowingvery strongforcefulprofounduncontrollableirrepressibleirresistibleunbearableoverpoweringoppressiveunutterablecompellingirrefutableOpposite small
   • ▪ (especially of an emotion) very strong: "she felt an overwhelming desire to giggle"

   Derivatives

   • 1. overwhelmingness noun

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