Dictionary entry

Overwhelmingly

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Definition

overwhelm /ǝƱvǝ'welm/ v ၁။ စီးနင္းသည္။ စီးသည္။ be overwhelmed by the enemy forces ❍ They overwhelmed our defences within hours. ၂။ လႊမ္းလိုက္သည္။ ဒုကၡေပးသည္။ The skiers were overwhelmed by an avalanche. ❍ ( fig ) We don't want to overwhelm you with requests for information. ၃။ စိတ္ထိခိုက္သည္။ I was overwhelmed by feelings of despair. ❍ I felt completely overwhelmed by the kindness I had received. Compare OVERCOME ❏ overwhelming adj ၁။ ေသာင္းေသာင္းျဖျဖ။ အလြန္႔အလြန္။ overwhelming support for our policies ❍ have an overwhelming urge to be sick ❍ The evidence against him was overwhelming. ၂။ အျပတ္အသတ္။ an overwhelming victory. ❏ overwhelmingly adv ထူးထူးကဲကဲ။ အလြန္႔အလြန္။ overwhelmingly successful/generous.

Examples

  1. We were overwhelmed by the sacrifices they had made.
  2. Her beauty completely overwhelmed him.
  3. We were overwhelmed by the result.
  4. She was overwhelmed by expenses.
  5. In June the town is overwhelmed by tourists.
  6. Europe’s golfers completely overwhelmed the Americans.
  7. Government troops have overwhelmed a rebel encampment.