overweigh
Americanverb (used with object)
-
to exceed in weight; overbalance or outweigh.
a respected opinion that overweighs the others.
-
to weigh down; oppress; burden.
gloom that overweighs one's spirits.
verb
-
to exceed in weight; overbalance
-
to weigh down; oppress
Etymology
Origin of overweigh
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“I let my heart overweigh my gut,” said Collins.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2015
Still, he believes that the benefits of cooperating with loggers overweigh its downsides.
From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2014
“If passion doesn’t overweigh the rest, the end is extremely near,” he said.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2013
If the latter event had ever taken place, Wiley would have landed on his head, a part of him which seems to overweigh, though not to overbalance, his short, active frame.
From Time Magazine Archive
I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
