- Presumptuously arrogant; overbearing: had a witty but overweening manner about him.
- Excessive; immoderate: overweening ambition.
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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.’
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
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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