overwhelming
adjective
that overwhelms; overpowering.
overwhelmingness
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a word derived from
overwhelming.
Example Sentences
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Like many others, the couple struggled with the three big downsizing obstacles: overwhelmingness, avoidance and procrastination.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
"It reflects Korean food culture, where visual overwhelmingness matters more than balance or harmony of ingredients and flavours," food critic Lee Yong-jae told The Chosun Daily.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
“I mean, just the overwhelmingness of this whole experience,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2018
This is exceedingly fine also, and wonderful as a variation upon that awful music; but Cain is the astonishment and the overwhelmingness.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
We mauruuru'd with repeated nui's which conveyed the largeness and overwhelmingness of our thanks.
From The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
