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"accablant"

By Laura K. Lawless, About.com

Definition: (adj) - exhausting, oppressive, overwhelming

Je ne peux plus travailler ; la chaleur est accablante ! - I can't work any more; the heat is oppressive!

Il a trouvé tous ces détails accablants - He found all of these details overwhelming

Related: accablement (m) - despondency, depression, exhaustion; accabler - to overwhelm, overcome, condemn

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Pronunciation: [ah kah bla(n)]Audio Link

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