overwhelming
v.v. so strong or great that it is difficult to deal with or fight against. You use this when a feeling, a task, or a crowd is too much for you to handle.
v. so intense, great, or numerous as to be irresistible or impossible to manage. Often describes emotional states, physical forces, or numerical superiority.
The amount of work I have is overwhelming.
The response to the charity appeal was overwhelming, with thousands of people offering to volunteer their time.
Faced with overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in less than two hours.
By surface analysis, overwhelm + -ing.
Commonly used to modify nouns representing emotions, tasks, or physical sensations.
I feel very overwhelmed by the newsThe news is overwhelmingLearners often confuse the -ing adjective (the cause) with the -ed adjective (the person's feeling).