vverb.emotionovercome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuliSynset:overcome overpower overtake overwhelm sweep over whelm
Hypernyms:arouse elicit enkindle evoke fire kindle provoke raise
Inherited Hypernyms:overwhelmarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:benightclutchdevastateget hold ofkillknock outlockseizestagger
Full Troponyms:benightdevastatekillknock outlockseizestagger
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationcharge someone with too many tasksSynset:deluge flood out overwhelm
Derivationally Related Form:deluge
Hypernyms:burden charge saddle
Inherited Hypernyms:overwhelmchargecommandorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody with something
vverb.contactcover completely or make imperceptibleSynset:drown overwhelm submerge
Examples:- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
Hypernyms:cover spread over
Inherited Hypernyms:submergecovertouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.competitionovercome by superior forceSynset:overmaster overpower overwhelm
Hypernyms:beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish
Inherited Hypernyms:overpowerbeatget the better of
Direct Hyponyms:steamrollsteamroller
Full Troponyms:steamroller
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: overwhelm, overmaster, overpower)
adj satadj.allso strong as to be irresistibleSynset:overpowering
Examples:- an overpowering need for solitude
- the temptation to despair may become overwhelming
- an overwhelming majority
Antonyms:resistible
Inherited Hypernyms:overpowering
Similar to:irresistible resistless
adj satadj.allvery strong; urgently feltSynset:consuming
Examples:- politics is his consuming passion
- overwhelming joy
Antonyms:mild
Inherited Hypernyms:consuming
Similar to:intense