overweening

overweening
adj
1.(all of persons) presumptuous, assuming, cocky, cocksure, overconfident, riding for a fall; bold, forward, impertinent, audacious, Inf. fresh, impudent, brash, brazen, brassy; arrogant, haughty, insolent, contemptuous, cavalier, disdainful, supercilious; proud, prideful, overproud, vainglorious, vain, stuck on oneself, swellheaded, Inf. big-headed, egotistical, egotistic; peacockish, strutting, flaunting, show-offish; pompous, pretentious, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, hoity-toity, self-important, stuffy; conceited, Inf. stuck-up, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf. uppish, snobbish, snobby, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty; magisterial, lordly, high and mighty, imperious, domineering, overbearing, high-handed, arbitrary; assertive, self-assertive, pushing, Inf. pushy, aggressive; self-willed, willful, forceful, imperative, commanding, masterful, authoritative, authoritarian, Inf. bossy; peremptory, dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, tyrannical.
2.(all of opinions, characteristics, etc.) exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, overdone; elaborate, over-elaborate, overdetailed, overworked, overwrought; blown or blown up, overblown, blown up out of proportion, magnified, enlarged; inflated, overinflated, swollen, bloated, distended, tumid; plethoric, flatulent, turgid, bombastic, bombastical, fustian, orotund; ostentatious, flamboyant, flashy, showy, flowery, florid, ornate, ornamental, fancy; impressive, grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, sonorous; affected, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, Inf. high-hat.

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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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