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List of meaning for overweening

arrogant; conceited

excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening(adj)

unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

overweening, uppity(adj)

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

having too high an opinion of oneself

a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism

going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount

overweening desire for wealth and fame

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

an overweening administrator who simply doesn't know how to manage people

extended beyond normal or realistic bounds

an overweening national pride that prompted its citizens to denigrate other countries

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