overpowering
adjective/ˌəʊvəˈpaʊərɪŋ/
/ˌəʊvərˈpaʊərɪŋ/
- very strong or powerful
- an overpowering smell of fish
- an overpowering personality
- The heat was overpowering.
- a totally overpowering sense of failure
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverpowering is used with these nouns:- smell
- stench
- stink
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