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overweening

[ oh-ver-wee-ning ]

adjective

  1. presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud:

    a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.

  2. exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant:

    overweening prejudice; overweening pride.



overweening

/ ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of a person) excessively arrogant or presumptuous
  2. (of opinions, appetites, etc) excessive; immoderate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌoverˈweeningness, noun
  • ˌoverˈweeningly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • over·weening·ly adverb
  • over·weening·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overweening1

1300–50; Middle English overwening ( e ) (gerund); overween, -ing 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overweening1

C14: over- + weening, from Old English wēnan: see ween
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Example Sentences

It may have been Milburgh's overweening faith in his own genius.

And have you, young lady, any of that overweening prejudice in favour of your own island?

His overweening conduct gradually made his position at Berlin untenable.

I have been,' said James Dutton to me at the last interview I had with him, 'all my life an overweening self-confident fool.

The Hanseatic League had long been offended at their overweening pride; and it now left them and removed its factory to Antwerp.

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