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overweening - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'overweening' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Overweening [ a.]
- Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
2 . Overweening [ n.]
- Conceit; arrogance.

Meaning of 'overweening' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . overweening [ s]
Meaning (1):
- unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Example in sentence:
  • extravagant praise;
  • exuberant compliments;
  • overweening ambition;
  • overweening greed
Meaning (2):
- presumptuously arrogant
Example in sentence:
  • getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down;
  • had a witty but overweening manner;
  • no idea how overweening he would be

Nearby Words:

oven ovenbird over over-arm over-busy over-garment over-story overabound overact overaction

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