Overpowering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpower \O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
     To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield by superior
     power; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the
     eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
          overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overpowering \O`ver*pow"er*ing\, a.
     Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. --
     {O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overpowering
       adj : so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for
             solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become
             overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn: {overwhelming}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "overpowering":
     agitating, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, compelling,
     disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, exciting,
     exhilarating, galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring,
     heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impenetrable, impregnable,
     impressive, incontestable, indomitable, inexpugnable, inflammatory,
     insuperable, intoxicating, invincible, inviolable, invulnerable,
     irresistible, jarring, jolting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving,
     oppressive, overcoming, overmastering, overmatching, overwhelming,
     perturbing, piquant, powerful, provocative, provoking, ravishing,
     resistless, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating,
     stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive,
     tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, troubling, unassailable,
     unbearable, unbeatable, unconquerable, unendurable, unsettling,
     unsubduable, unsurmountable, unyielding, upsetting