What do these two words mean?
Overwhelming

If I say something like, ''I have an overwhelming will to eat pizza right now'' does it mean, I have an irresistible/crushing will to eat pizza right now? is that the same?

Understatement

It it like a mitigation or Euphemism?

Please give me some examples of these words being used, Thanks.

Question

What do these two words mean?
Overwhelming

If I say something like, ''I have an overwhelming will to eat pizza right now''  does it mean, I have an irresistible/crushing will to eat pizza right now? is that the same?

Understatement

It it like a mitigation or Euphemism?

Please give me some examples of these words being used, Thanks.

Answer

understatement is when you use language that downplays the intensity or importance of something.

For instance, if you win a sports game by a wide margin and tell somebody "Yeah, we did okay." or if you have an overwhelming desire to eat pizza and you say "I wouldn't mind some pizza right now."

Answer

''I have an overwhelming desire to..." is how a native speaker would say it.

The phrase is used in literature to show passion or love for something.
"He has an overwhelming desire to kiss her." 
"She was an overwhelming desire to become pregnant."

When speaking about something like pizza, the speaker is using irony.

Answer

You can search for the words here, to get proper examples:

http://www.google.com/blogsearch

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Is* it like a mitigation or Euphemism?

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