Associations to the word «Overweening»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OVERWEENING, adjective. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
OVERWEENING, adjective. Exaggerated, excessive
OVERWEENING, noun. (now rare) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one's abilities; presumption, arrogance.
OVERWEENING, verb. Present participle of overween
Dictionary definition
OVERWEENING, adjective. Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed".
OVERWEENING, adjective. Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times.
Wise words
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