'overweening' definitions:
Definition of 'overweening'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
adjective
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 [syn: overweening, uppity]
Synonyms of 'overweening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit much,
- abandoned,
- arrogant,
- assuming,
- assured,
- audacious,
- boundless,
- brash,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- bumptious,
- cocksure,
- cold,
- complacent,
- confident,
- consequential,
- contumelious,
- convinced,
- cool,
- decided,
- determined,
- disdainful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fabulous,
- familiar,
- fancy,
- forward,
- gigantic,
- gluttonous,
- high,
- hubristic,
- hyperbolic,
- hypertrophied,
- immoderate,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- impudent,
- incautious,
- incontinent,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- inordinate,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- intemperate,
- monstrous,
- narcissan,
- narcissine,
- narcissistic,
- narcistic,
- obtrusive,
- out of bounds,
- out of sight,
- outrageous,
- overbig,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- overdeveloped,
- overgreat,
- overgrown,
- overlarge,
- overmuch,
- overpresumptuous,
- overproud,
- oversure,
- persuaded,
- poised,
- pompous,
- positive,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- proud,
- pushful,
- pushy,
- rash,
- reassured,
- secure,
- self-admiring,
- self-appointed,
- self-approving,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- self-assuming,
- self-assured,
- self-complacent,
- self-confident,
- self-congratulating,
- self-congratulatory,
- self-content,
- self-contented,
- self-delighting,
- self-elect,
- self-endeared,
- self-esteeming,
- self-gratulating,
- self-gratulatory,
- self-important,
- self-loving,
- self-reliant,
- self-respecting,
- self-satisfied,
- self-sufficient,
- smug,
- steep,
- stiff,
- sure,
- temerarious,
- too much,
- unafraid,
- unbridled,
- unchary,
- unconscionable,
- undoubting,
- undue,
- unfaltering,
- unhesitating,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- unwary,
- unwavering,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- vain,
- vainglorious,
- would-be