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overweening meaning and definition
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Definition of overweening (adjective)
- unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
- "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
- synonyms: excessive, extravagant, exuberant
- presumptuously arrogant
- "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
- synonyms: uppity
Source: Princeton University Wordnet