[adjective]Overwhelming means difficult to fight against.She felt an overwhelming urge/desire/need to tell someone about what had happened.Overwhelming also means very great or very large.She said how much she appreciated the overwhelming generosity of the public in responding to the appeal.An overwhelming majority have voted in favour of the proposal.
OVERWHELMING
Meaning of OVERWHELMING in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012