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Definition of overwhelming

"overwhelming" in the verb sense

1. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

2. overwhelm, deluge, flood out

charge someone with too many tasks

3. submerge, drown, overwhelm

cover completely or make imperceptible

"I was drowned in work"

"The noise drowned out her speech"

4. overpower, overmaster, overwhelm

overcome by superior force

"overwhelming" in the adjective sense

1. overpowering, overwhelming

so strong as to be irresistible

"an overpowering need for solitude"

"the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"

"an overwhelming majority"

2. consuming, overwhelming

very strong urgently felt

"politics is his consuming passion"

"overwhelming joy"

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Quotations for overwhelming

We were overwhelming underdogs. [ Yogi Berra ]

I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortune. [ Washington Irving ]

Fanaticism is such an overwhelming impression of the ideas relating to the future world as disqualifies for the duties of this. [ R. Hall ]

Sometimes the beauty of the world is so overwhelming, I just want to throw back my head and gargle. Just gargle and gargle, and I don't care who hears me, because I am beautiful. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. [ Washington Irving ]

Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like the column that guided Israel in the desert, becomes the guardian pillar of light and fire to our friends, and a cloud of overwhelming and impenetrable darkness to our enemies. [ Colton ]

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overwhelming in Scrabble®

The word overwhelming is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters overwhelming:

OVERWHELMING

(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

gremlin, heeling, hegemon, hemline, heroine, hoveler, however, howling, leering, leghorn, meowing, mingler, mongrel, nowhere, overlie, reeling, reeving, regimen, rehinge, reweigh, rewoven, veering, veliger, vermeil, weigher, wherein, whereon, whinger, whoever, wiremen, worming

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word overwhelming

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OVERWHELMING

(252)

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(243)

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OVERWHELMING

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overwhelming in Words With Friends™

The word overwhelming is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 28

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters overwhelming:

OVERWHELMING

(342)

OVERWHELMING

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word overwhelming

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OVERWHELMING

(342)

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(342)

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(324)

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Words within the letters of overwhelming

2 letter words in overwhelming (17 words)

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3 letter words in overwhelming (59 words)

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4 letter words in overwhelming (109 words)

5 letter words in overwhelming (99 words)

6 letter words in overwhelming (70 words)

7 letter words in overwhelming (31 words)

8 letter words in overwhelming (20 words)

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9 letter words in overwhelming (3 words)

overweigh overwhelm wolverine

12 letter words in overwhelming (1 word)

overwhelming

overwhelming + 1 blank (1 word)

overwhelmings

overwhelming + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence overwhelming

Words that start with overwhelming (4 words)

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Words with overwhelming in them (1 word)

overwhelming

Words that end with overwhelming (1 word)

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Word Growth involving overwhelming

Shorter words in overwhelming

over overwhelm

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in whelming

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Longer words containing overwhelming

overwhelmingly

overwhelmingness

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