English Explanatory Dictionary

overweening

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
  2. Exaggerated, excessive.
noun
  1. An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of overween

Pronunciation

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/ /oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-overweening.wav

Word forms

overweening more overweening most overweening over-weening overweenings

Etymology

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).

Synonyms

overconfident presumptuous conceited airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful bombastic buggish cocky disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent flaunting full of oneself glorious grandiose hankty haught haughty haut high-handed high-hat high and mighty highfalutin hoity-toity holier-than-thou hubristic hubristical imperious inflated insolent la-di-da orgulous ostentatious overbearing overweening pompous pretentious priggish puffed up sanctimonious self-important snobbish snooty snotty stout stuck up supercilious thrasonic thrasonical toploftical toplofty tumid

Antonyms

underconfident unconfident uncertain unsure timid moderate appropriate due apropos

Derived words

overweeningly overweeningness
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