Overweening
[əʊvə'wiːnɪŋ] or [,ovɚ'winɪŋ]
Definition
(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 .
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Definition
(a.) Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
(n.) Conceit; arrogance.
Checker: Willa
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Conceited, haughty, proud, arrogant, opinionated, egotistical, consequential, supercilious, vain, vain-glorious, puffed up.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vain, conceited, haughty, egotistical,[See AFFABLE and VAIN]
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- He saw the yellow flare in her eyes, he knew the unthinkable overweening assumption of primacy in her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And her he loved with all the great, overweening, sheltering love of a dying man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Of wild and overweening temper, she could not bear the humiliation of her husband's soft, half-appealing kindness to everybody. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But the overweening power of his body was too much for her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Spenser