overwhelming

3 definitions • 5 examples

difficult to fight against:

She felt an overwhelming urge/desire/need to tell someone about what had happened.

very great or very large:

She said how much she appreciated the overwhelming generosity of the public in responding to the appeal.

An overwhelming majority has voted in favour of the proposal.

very great or strong:

An overwhelming majority voted in favor of the proposal.

I felt an overwhelming sense of relief when the semester was over.