overweening
Meaning of overweening
adjective
- showing excessive confidence or pride.
overweening ambition
Information about overweening
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of overweening is: overweenings.
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Hyphenation of overweening
over-ween-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- overweening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
overweening synonyms
Meaning excessive:
excessive, extravagant, exuberant
Meaning uppity:
Meaning excessively confident:
Meaning excessively proud of oneself; vain:
Meaning confident in an excessive or arrogant way:
Meaning conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way:
Meaning having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements:
Meaning arrogantly superior and disdainful:
Meaning behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others:
Meaning showing contempt or lack of respect:
Meaning haughty and aloof:
Meaning apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending:
Meaning having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities:
Meaning conscious of one's own dignity:
Meaning having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth:
Meaning excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain:
Meaning excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centred:
Meaning domineering; dictatorial:
Meaning showing a lack of proper concern; offhand:
Meaning arrogant and domineering:
Meaning asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way:
Meaning having or showing an autocratic manner:
Meaning unpleasantly overpowering:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate:
Meaning of, characteristic of, or suitable for a lord:
Meaning insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way:
Meaning affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important:
Meaning assertive of authority in a domineering way, especially with regard to trivial matters:
Meaning (of a storm, wind, or rain) blowing or beating fiercely and noisily:
Meaning showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities:
Meaning characterized by conceited assertiveness and dogmatism:
Meaning (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous:
Meaning (of a person) bold or overfamiliar in manner:
Meaning showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect:
Meaning arrogantly self-assertive:
Meaning excessively proud or self-confident:
overweening antonyms
Meaning unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements:
Meaning modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence:
Meaning not pretentious or arrogant; modest:
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