Meanings
comparative more superoverwhelming · superlative most superoverwhelming · alternative super-overwhelming
- rareExtremely overwhelming.
The bright light of the faeries was superoverwhelming, and my eyes started to water.
2016, Huda Ayaz, Freeze-Land: Morulta Confusion, Archway Publishing, →ISBN2 more examples
The Cross in its horrible illustration of overwhelming sin was in itself a demonstration of superoverwhelming grace.
2010, Leslie C. Allen; Stuart Briscoe; Myron Augsburger; Earl Palmer; Kenneth L. Chafin; Gary W. Demarest; Russell H. Dilday; Maxie D. Dunnam; Louis Evans; Sinclair B. Ferguson; Roger Fredrikson; John Guest; David A. Hubbard; John A. Huffman; David Jackman; Walter C. Kaiser, Jr.; Bruce Larson; John C. Maxwell; David L. McKenna; James Philip; Mark D. Roberts; Douglas Stuart; Don Williams, “The Four Monarchs: Romans 5:12–21” (chapter 9), in The Preacher's Commentary Series, Volumes 1-35, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, The Reign of Grace, unnumbered pageIt's a blessing. It's amazing. It's the first time in my career when I feel like I'm at a place where I know what I'm doing, I can handle things, and it doesn't feel so superoverwhelming.
2020, Caitlyn Collins, Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 207
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelp-
- Proto-Germanic*kʷolpós
- Proto-Germanic*hwalbazder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelp-
- Proto-Germanic*kʷólpo-
- Proto-Germanic*hwalbąder.?
- Old Englishhwealf
- Old English*hwealfnian
- Old English*hwealmnian?
- Middle Englishwhelmen
- Middle Englishoverwhelmen
- Englishoverwhelm
- Englishoverwhelming
- Englishsuperoverwhelming
From super- + overwhelming.
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