overwhelming

«overwhelming» in Mova's judaism dictionary: hard to deal with: "an overwhelming feeling of sadness" — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (overwhelming); also the -ing form of the verb overwhelm (overwhelm, overwhelms, overwhelmed, overwhelming)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very great or strong, so that it is hard to deal with: "an overwhelming feeling of sadness". tree →

2) Much bigger than the other side: "an overwhelming majority". tree →

3) verb form: Being too much for someone, so they cannot cope. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs says anger is overwhelming, as in a flood that sweeps all away, yet jealousy is even harder to face. Interpretation: Tradition teaches people to rule their anger and avoid jealousy, which can harm even more. In the primary lessons: In wellbeing lessons, feelings or schoolwork can be overwhelming; the advice is to break tasks into small steps and talk to someone. In elections and votes, an overwhelming majority or win means by a very large amount. In stories, an army or wave may be overwhelming. Phrases: overwhelming majority, overwhelming evidence, feel overwhelmed.

examples

• Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? (Writings PRO.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The noise in the hall was overwhelming. tree →
• The class voted by an overwhelming majority for a pet hamster. tree →
• When homework feels overwhelming, start with one small task. tree →
• There was overwhelming evidence that the dog ate the cake. tree →
• The kindness of our neighbours was overwhelming. tree →
• The flood was overwhelming the town's defences. tree →
• She felt overwhelmed on her first day at the new school. tree →
• Cycnus, the faithful friend of the unhappy Phaethon, felt such overwhelming grief at his terrible fate, that he pined and wasted away. tree →

note

Spelling: overwhelming has "wh" and one m. "Overwhelmed" describes how a person feels; "overwhelming" describes the thing that causes it. In maths and voting, an overwhelming majority is far more than half, for example 27 votes out of 30.

In the corpora

• Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overwhelming» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.