Thesaurus results for OVERMASTER

overmaster

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈma-stər

as in to overwhelm

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress the student was overmastered by the stress of taking the college placement test and broke down crying

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Recent Examples of overmaster Passion is an intense, driving or overmastering feeling or conviction. —

Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 Dec. 2019 Jesus’ Son is about the force of addiction and the only thing that can overmaster it: the ecstatic experience of God. —

Longreads, 17 June 2017

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Adapted from a Japanese novel, the unusual story revolves around a spirit responsible for guiding transient souls to their next reincarnation, who embarks on a perilous mission with a young girl to prevent her being overwhelmed by her anger and transforming into a monster.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
The Longhorns overwhelmed Missouri State early with their size and speed at both ends of the court.

— Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026