Meaning of OVERWEENING
| Pronunciation: | | 'owvur'weening
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- [adj] 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
- [adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
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OVERWEENING is a 11 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | excessive, extravagant, exuberant, immodest, unrestrained, uppity |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\O`ver*ween"ing\, a.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. --
{O`ver*ween"ingly}, adv. --Milton. -- {O`ver*ween"ing*ness},
n.
Here's an overweening rogue. --Shak.
\O`ver*ween"ing\, n.
Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.
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