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overweening

  (ō'vər-wē'nĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Presumptuously arrogant; overbearing: had a witty but overweening manner about him.
  2. Excessive; immoderate: overweening ambition.
overweeningly o'ver·ween'ing·ly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: overweening

adjective

    Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance: arrogant, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, prideful, proud, supercilious, superior. Idioms: on one's high horse. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

 
Antonyms: overweening

adj

Definition: overconfident
Antonyms: diffident, modest, unassuming


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Arrogant.

pronunciation Their insatiable greed and overweening ambition knows no bounds… — Bartolome de Las Casas (1474-1566), Spanish missionary, historian, a valuable source, called ‘Apostle of the Indies.’

 
Translations: Translations for: Overweening

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indbildsk, anmassende, overmodig

Nederlands (Dutch)
opschepperig

Français (French)
adj. - démesuré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - maßlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπερφίαλος, ξιπασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
presuntuoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - presunçoso, arrogante, soberbo

Русский (Russian)
наглый, надменный, чрезмерный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - presuntuoso, vanidoso, arrogante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - övermodig, inbilsk, förmäten, omåttlig, överdriven

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
骄傲的, 过于自信的, 自负的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 驕傲的, 過於自信的, 自負的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자부심이 강한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自負心の強い, うぬぼれた, 過度の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعجرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יומרני, יהיר‬


 
 

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