overweening
presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant: overweening prejudice; overweening pride.
Origin of overweening
1Other words from overweening
- o·ver·ween·ing·ly, adverb
- o·ver·ween·ing·ness, noun
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How to use overweening in a sentence
And it is overweeningness and self-confident will that are the chief notes of Macaulay's style.
Critical Miscellanies, Volume I (of 3) | John MorleyShe has been to blame for the carelessness of her procedure, for the overweeningness of her pretensions.
The Philosophy of Natural Theology | William Jackson
British Dictionary definitions for overweening
/ (ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ) /
(of a person) excessively arrogant or presumptuous
(of opinions, appetites, etc) excessive; immoderate
Origin of overweening
1Derived forms of overweening
- overweeningly, adverb
- overweeningness, noun
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