overweening (Meaning)
overweening (s)
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
presumptuously arrogant
overweening (a.)
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
overweening (n.)
Conceit; arrogance.
Synonyms & Antonyms of overweening
Synonyms:
- blusterous
- self-conceited
- bumptious
- confident
- assured
- egoistic
- self-opinionated
- cocky
- complacent
- biggety
- cavalier
- swaggering
- bigheaded
- consequential
- important
- snobbish
- bombastic
- stuck-up
- boastful
- pompous
- high-and-mighty
- self-satisfied
- conceited
- haughty
- swellheaded
- prideful
- biggity
- supercilious
Antonyms:
- self-critical
- unpretentious
- self-distrustful
- down-to-earth
- self-doubting
- bashful
- unassuming
- sheepish
- uncomplacent
- bashful
- down-to-earth
- unpretentious
- unassuming
- shrinking
- self-critical
- meek
- unassertive
- uncomplacent
- self-doubting
- shrinking
- self-reproachful
- meek
- self-reproachful
- self-distrustful
- sheepish
- unassertive
Synonyms:
- lordly
- peremptory
- presumptuous
- assumptive
- self-centered
- superior
- snobby
- condescending
- imperious
- overconfident
- patronizing
- disdainful
- uppity
- self-congratulatory
- huffy
- self-assured
- high-hat
- holier-than-thou
- toploftical
- presuming
- self-promoting
- toplofty
- braggy
- pretentious
- blustery
- hifalutin
- self-contented
- pontifical
- high-handed
- highfalutin
- snooty
- self-assertive
- uppish
- braggart
- self-asserting
- lofty
- fastuous
- self-confident
- masterful
- self-dramatizing
- self-glorifying
- bragging
- chesty
Antonyms:
overweening Sentence Examples
- The dictator's overweening arrogance blinded him to the growing discontent among his people.
- Her overweening ambition led her to seek power at all costs.
- The teenager's overweening confidence in his abilities caused him to underestimate the challenge ahead.
- The company's overweening pride in its products blinded it to the competition.
- The student's overweening jealousy consumed him and drove him to sabotage his classmates.
- The parent's overweening protectiveness stifled the child's independence.
- The politician's overweening charisma overshadowed his lack of political substance.
- The athlete's overweening self-belief made him ignore the warning signs of his impending injury.
- The overweening power of multinational corporations threatened the sovereignty of smaller nations.
- The doctor's overweening ego prevented him from acknowledging his own mistakes.
FAQs About the word overweening
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings, presumptuously arrogantUnduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited., Conceit; arrogance.
smug, vainglorious, selfish, egotistic, arrogant, proud, domineering, vain, egotistical, egoistical
humble, egoless, timid, humble,modest, diffident, timid, diffident, egoless, modest
The dictator's overweening arrogance blinded him to the growing discontent among his people.
Her overweening ambition led her to seek power at all costs.
The teenager's overweening confidence in his abilities caused him to underestimate the challenge ahead.
The company's overweening pride in its products blinded it to the competition.
