overwhelming |
1. v. present participle of overwhelm | |
2. adj. Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong. | |
3. adj. Very great or intense. | |
4. adj. Extreme. | |
5. n. A situation of being overwhelmed. | |
overwhelm |
1. v. To engulf, surge over and submerge. | |
The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave. | |
2. v. To overpower, crush. | |
In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force. | |
3. v. To overpower emotionally. | |
He was overwhelmed with guilt. | |
Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars. | |
4. v. To cause to surround, to cover. | |
5. n. The state or condition of being overwhelmed. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
insurmountable |
1. adj. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable | |
Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty. - | |