overweening
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Adjective (2)
- unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings“extravagant praise”“exuberant compliments”“overweening ambition”“overweening greed”Synonyms: excessiveextravagantexuberantOpposite restrainedSimilar unrestrained
- 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”Synonyms: uppityOpposite modestSimilar immodest
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O′ver·ween′ing adjective
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. — O′wb-a2′>′ver·ween′wb-a1′>′ingly, adverb John Milton — O′wb-a2′>′ver·ween′wb-a1′>′ing·ness, noun
The conceits of warmed or overweening brain.— John Locke
Here's an overweening rogue.— William Shakespeare
O′ver·ween′ing noun
Conceit; arrogance. John Milton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54