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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
- Example: "extravagant praise"
- Example: "exuberant compliments"
- Example: "overweening ambition"
- Example: "overweening greed"
[syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]

2. presumptuously arrogant;
- Example: "had a witty but overweening manner"
- Example: "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
- Example: "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
[syn: overweening, uppity]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, a.
   Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. --
   O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. --Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness,
   n.
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         The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. --Locke.
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         Here's an overweening rogue.             --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, n.
   Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overweening
    adj 1: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
           "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments";
           "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn:
           excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
    2: 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 [syn: overweening, uppity]