overpowering

an overpowering urge

an overpowering, sickly sweet smell

an overpowering need for solitude.

There was an overpowering smell of burning tyres.

sex was conceptualized as an overpowering force in the individual.

The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation.

despite facing overpowering odds the partisan froces remained unsubdued.

My duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests. Somethingoppressive weighs one down in body or spirit, as by subjection to an overpowering natural influence or to the harsh or unjust exercise of power: