Sekirov Dictionary

overweening

UK /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/US /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
- She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.
Exaggerated, excessive.

noun1

•
(no longer used) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.
- Let us suppresse this over-weening [translating cuider], the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit[…]. — 1603

forms

overweenings · more overweening · most overweening

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