overweening
21overweening — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. presumptuous, haughty, insolent, arrogant; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. arrogant, proud, cocky, cocksure, overconfident, presumptuous, haughty, disdainful, overbearing, imperious. ANT.: modest,… …
22overweening — see WISH …
23overweening — adj. arrogant; conceited; self confident …
24overweening — adjective showing excessive confidence or pride. Derivatives overweeningly adverb …
25overweening — a. Conceited, haughty, proud, arrogant, opinionated, egotistical, consequential, supercilious, vain, vain glorious, puffed up …
26overweening — adj 1.(all of persons) presumptuous, assuming, cocky, cocksure, overconfident, riding for a fall; bold, forward, impertinent, audacious, Inf. fresh, impudent, brash, brazen, brassy; arrogant, haughty, insolent, contemptuous, cavalier, disdainful …
27overweening — a. arrogantly excessive …
28overweening — see WISH …
29overweening — adj. arrogant, presumptuous, conceited, self confident. Derivatives: overweeningly adv. overweeningness n …
30Overweeningly — Overweening O ver*ween ing, a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. {O ver*ween ingly}, adv. Milton. {O ver*ween ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke. [1913 Webster] Here s an overweening …