overpoweringo‧ver‧pow‧er‧ing /ˌəʊvəˈpaʊərɪŋ◂ $ ˌoʊvərˈpaʊr-/ adjective - an overpowering smell
- Her loneliness was overpowering.
- An overpowering smell of Freesia perfume hung around her like a cloud.
- As it was, she was Désirée without that inimitable charm, that overpowering charisma.
- But Hector, with his booming laugh, was so large and overpowering that he made it worse.
- How does a son live his own life in the shadow of an overpowering father who is also a worldwide star?
- Prince's music makes me think of Des Esseintes's symphony of perfumes: exquisite, heady, overpowering, slightly nauseous.
- The smell is human, raw, and overpowering.
- They were in plain clothes and, in his opinion, drunk, arrogant and overpowering.
► overpowering smell (=very strong)· The smell of disinfectant was overpowering.
nounpowersuperpowerpowerlessnessempowermentadjectivepowerful ≠ powerlessoverpoweringpowerpoweredverbpowerempoweroverpoweradverbpowerfully ≠ powerlesslyoverpoweringly