Associations to the word «Overpowering»

Wiktionary

OVERPOWERING, verb. Present participle of overpower
OVERPOWERING, adjective. That overpowers; so strong as to be overwhelming.

Dictionary definition

OVERPOWERING, adjective. So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne