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# overwhelming

«overwhelming» in Mova's school dictionary: **hard to deal with: "an overwhelming feeling of sadness"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (overwhelming); also the -ing form of the verb overwhelm (overwhelm, overwhelms, overwhelmed, overwhelming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very great or strong, so that it is hard to deal with: "an overwhelming feeling of sadness". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#m1)

2) Much bigger than the other side: "an overwhelming majority". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#m2)

3) verb form: Being too much for someone, so they cannot cope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In wellbeing lessons, feelings or schoolwork can be overwhelming; the advice is to break tasks into small steps and talk to someone. In elections and votes, an overwhelming majority or win means by a very large amount. In stories, an army or wave may be overwhelming. Phrases: overwhelming majority, overwhelming evidence, feel overwhelmed.

### examples

- The noise in the hall was overwhelming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x1)
- The class voted by an overwhelming majority for a pet hamster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x2)
- When homework feels overwhelming, start with one small task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x3)
- There was overwhelming evidence that the dog ate the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x4)
- The kindness of our neighbours was overwhelming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x5)
- The flood was overwhelming the town's defences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x6)
- She felt overwhelmed on her first day at the new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x7)
- Cycnus, the faithful friend of the unhappy Phaethon, felt such overwhelming grief at his terrible fate, that he pined and wasted away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/#x8)

### note

Spelling: overwhelming has "wh" and one m. "Overwhelmed" describes how a person feels; "overwhelming" describes the thing that causes it. In maths and voting, an overwhelming majority is far more than half, for example 27 votes out of 30.

### In the corpora

- [Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.781/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overwhelming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwhelming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.