overweening

overweening
Synonyms and related words:
a bit much, abandoned, arrogant, assuming, assured, audacious, boundless, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, bumptious, cocksure, cold, complacent, confident, consequential, contumelious, convinced, cool, decided, determined, disdainful, egregious, enormous, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, familiar, fancy, forward, gigantic, gluttonous, high, hubristic, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, immoderate, improvident, imprudent, impudent, incautious, incontinent, indiscreet, injudicious, inordinate, insolent, insulting, intemperate, monstrous, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, obtrusive, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, overbig, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch, overpresumptuous, overproud, oversure, persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, proud, pushful, pushy, rash, reassured, secure, self-admiring, self-appointed, self-approving, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-assuming, self-assured, self-complacent, self-confident, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-elect, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-loving, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, smug, steep, stiff, sure, temerarious, too much, unafraid, unbridled, unchary, unconscionable, undoubting, undue, unfaltering, unhesitating, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwary, unwavering, uppish, uppity, vain, vainglorious, would-be

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  • Overweening — O ver*ween ing, a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. {O ver*ween ingly}, adv. Milton. {O ver*ween ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke. [1913 Webster] Here s an overweening rogue. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overweening — O ver*ween ing, n. Conceit; arrogance. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overweening — index disdainful, inflated (vain), orgulous, presumptuous, proud (conceited), supercilious …   Law dictionary

  • overweening — (adj.) mid 14c., from prp. of overwenen be conceited, presume, be presumptuous, be over confident, from O.E. ofer wenian, from ofer over (see OVER (Cf. over)) + wenian (see WEEN (Cf. ween)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • overweening — ► ADJECTIVE 1) showing excessive confidence or pride. 2) excessive; immoderate. ORIGIN from archaic ween think or suppose , from Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • overweening — [ō΄vər wēn′iŋ] adj. [ME oferweninge, prp. of oferwenen < OE oferwenan: see OVER & WEEN] 1. arrogant; excessively proud 2. exaggerated; excessive overweeningly adv …   English World dictionary

  • overweening — overweeningly, adv. overweeningness, n. /oh veuhr wee ning/, adj. 1. presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow. 2. exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant: overweening prejudice; overweening pride. [1300 …   Universalium

  • overweening — o|ver|ween|ing [ ,ouvər winıŋ ] adjective FORMAL used for describing a bad quality that someone has which makes them very unpleasant: overweening pride a. used for describing someone who is too proud and confident and ignores other people s… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • overweening — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)wi͟ːnɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you want to emphasize your disapproval of someone s great ambition or pride, you can refer to their overweening ambition or pride. [FORMAL] Your modesty is a cover for your overweening… …   English dictionary

  • overweening — /ˈoʊvəwinɪŋ / (say ohvuhweening) adjective 1. conceited, arrogant, self opinionated: an overweening person. 2. exaggerated, excessive: overweening pride. –overweeningly, adverb …  

  • overweening — 1. adjective a) Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly shes overweening. b) Exaggerated, excessive. 2 …   Wiktionary

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