overwhelming
11overwhelming — adjective Date: 1702 tending or serving to overwhelm < overwhelming force >; also extreme, great < overwhelming indifference > < an overwhelming majority > …
12overwhelming — overwhelmingly, adv. overwhelmingness, n. /oh veuhr hwel ming, wel /, adj. 1. that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming. 2. so great as to render resistance or opposition useless: an overwhelming majority.… …
13overwhelming — adjective 1) an overwhelming number of players were unavailable Syn: very large, enormous, immense, inordinate, massive, huge 2) the overwhelming desire to laugh Syn: very strong, forceful, uncontrollable, irrepressible …
14overwhelming — adjective 1) an overwhelming number of people Syn: very large, enormous, immense, inordinate, massive, huge 2) an overwhelming desire to laugh Syn: very strong, powerful, uncontrollable, irrepressible …
15Overwhelming — Overwhelm O ver*whelm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overwhelming}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to …
16overwhelming — /oʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/ (say ohvuh welming) adjective 1. that overwhelms. 2. so great as to render opposition useless: an overwhelming majority. –overwhelmingly, adverb …
17overwhelming — overwhelm ► VERB 1) submerge beneath a huge mass. 2) defeat completely; overpower. 3) have a strong emotional effect on. DERIVATIVES overwhelming adjective. ORIGIN from archaic whelm engulf or submerge , from Old English …
18overwhelming part — index bulk Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19Overwhelming gain paradox — The overwhelming gain paradox is a paradox of reasoning that is referred to in Tim Harford s book The Logic of Life. [1]. Description Harford illustrates the paradox by the comparison of three potential job offers: In Job 1, you will be paid $100 …
20Overwhelming exception — An overwhelming exception is a logical fallacy similar to a hasty generalization. It is a generalization that is accurate, but comes with one or more qualifications which eliminate so many cases that what remains is much less impressive than the… …
