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1 overwhelming
adjective (very great: an overwhelming victory.) silen* * *[ouvə(h)wélmiŋ]adjective ( overwhelmingly adverb)neustavljiv, silen, porazen, ogromen -
2 barrage
1) (something that keeps back an enemy: a barrage of gunfire.) zapora2) (an overwhelming number: a barrage of questions.) poplava3) (a man-made barrier across a river.) jez* * *[baera:ž]nounzajezitev; military zapora, baraža -
3 devastating
adjective (overwhelming: a devastating flood; The news was devastating.) uničujoč* * *[dévəsteitiŋ]adjective ( devastatingly adverb)opustoševalen poguben; figuratively čudovit, veličasten -
4 ecstasy
['ekstəsi]1) ( noun, plural ecstasies (a feeling of) very great joy or other overwhelming emotion.)•- ecstatic- ecstatically* * *[ékstəsi]noun( over) navdušenje, zanos, zamaknjenost, ekstaza -
5 overwhelm
[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) uničiti* * *[ouvə(h)wélm]transitive verb(zlasti figuratively) zdrobiti, uničiti, premagati; (zlasti figuratively) zasuti, preplaviti; figuratively pokopati -
6 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) otepati se2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) boriti se3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) prebijati se2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) boj* * *I [strʌgl]nounboj, borba ( for za, with z, against proti); rvanje; trganje (za kaj); stremljenje, prizadevanje; naporII [strʌgl]intransitive verbboriti se ( with z, for za, against proti); truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim), trgati se (za kaj); upirati se ( against čemu), braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se; transitive verb izbojevati, priboriti sia struggling artist — umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)to struggle to one's feet — z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge -
7 sublime
(of overwhelming greatness, grandeur, beauty etc.) veličasten- sublimity* * *I [səbláim]1.adjective ( sublimely adverb)vzvišen, dostojanstven, ki vzbuja spoštovanje s strahom; plemenit; veličasten, čudovit, grandiozen, majestetičen; nenavaden, najvišji, skrajen (drznost, neznanje); silovit; (često ironično) popoln, kompletensublime indifference — popolna, skrajna brezbrižnostsublime tempest — silovit vihar;2.nounthe sublime — kar je vzvišeno, vzvišenost; (redko) višek, vrhunecII [səbláim]transitive verb & intransitive verbchemistry sublimirati (se); figuratively idealizirati, oplemenititi (se); z oplemenitenjem spremeniti ( into v); biti očiščen, rafiniran, idealiziran -
8 crushing
adjective (overwhelming: a crushing defeat.) moreč
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overwhelming — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ completely, quite ▪ almost … Collocations dictionary
overwhelming — adjective 1 having such a great effect on you that you feel confused and do not know how to react: The sheer size of the place will seem overwhelming and confusing at first. | overwhelming generosity 2 overwhelming numbers/majority/odds etc very… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
overwhelming — adjective Date: 1702 tending or serving to overwhelm < overwhelming force >; also extreme, great < overwhelming indifference > < an overwhelming majority > … New Collegiate Dictionary