Found 2 items, similar to Overweening.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: overweening
overweening
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings;
“extravagant praise”;
“exuberant compliments”;
“overweening ambition”;
“overweening greed” [syn:
excessive,
extravagant,
exuberant]
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:
uppity]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Overweening
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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Overweening
\O`ver*ween"ing\, n.
Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.
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