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View synonyms for overpowering

overpowering

[ oh-ver-pou-er-ing ]

adjective

  1. that overpowers; overwhelming:

    an overpowering conviction of the truth.



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Other Words From

  • over·power·ing·ly adverb
  • over·power·ing·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of overpowering1

First recorded in 1690–1700; overpower + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

The small family home is still intact but the stench of rotting flesh that comes from inside is overpowering.

I say a small scale, because an overpowering majority of the public has never heard of him.

I say on a small scale, because an overpowering majority of the public has never heard of him.

That overpowering, but ultimately ill-placed, nostalgia seems to also ring true for executive producer Rick Rubin.

His music bled menace and lust, but also tenderness and vulnerability and an overpowering romantic lyricism.

Now I know nothing so overpowering, as that sort of unanimous expression of deep interest, from any large body of men.

To be called Thomas was gratifying, but the Mr. was quite overpowering and made Tom her ally at once.

Mildreds mother was a beautiful woman, but consumed with an overpowering jealousy of her husband.

Flora's whisper to Ethel was her first discovery that the closeness and the heat of the room was nearly overpowering.

Bud obeyed an overpowering impulse to reach out and touch the baby's cheek with a mittened thumb.

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