| slovo | definícia |
overwhelming
(encz) | overwhelming,drtivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overwhelming
(encz) | overwhelming,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overwhelming
(encz) | overwhelming,ohromný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overwhelming
(encz) | overwhelming,zdrcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Overwhelming
(gcide) | Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
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Overwhelming
(gcide) | Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
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1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
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The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
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Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.
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Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
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2. To project or impend over threateningly.
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His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
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3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
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overwhelming
(wn) | overwhelming
adj 1: so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need
for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become
overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn:
overpowering, overwhelming]
2: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion";
"overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming] |
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overwhelming majority
(encz) | overwhelming majority,drtivá většina [fráz.] Ivan Masár |
overwhelmingly
(encz) | overwhelmingly,nesmírně adv: Zdeněk Brožoverwhelmingly,ohromně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Overwhelming
(gcide) | Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
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The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
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Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.
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Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
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2. To project or impend over threateningly.
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His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
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3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
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Overwhelmingly
(gcide) | Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
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overwhelmingly
(wn) | overwhelmingly
adv 1: incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked
overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man" [syn:
overwhelmingly, overpoweringly, irresistibly] |
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