Synonyms: consuming, overwhelming
Definition: very intense
Usage: politics is his consuming passion; overwhelming joy
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Synonyms: overpowering, overwhelming
Definition: so strong as to be irresistible
Usage: an overpowering need for solitude; the temptation to despair may become overwhelming; an overwhelming majority
Similar words: resistless, irresistible
Definition: impossible to resist; overpowering
Usage: irresistible (or resistless) impulses; what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?