overweening

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Unduly confident; arrogant.
2. Exaggerated, excessive.

Noun

An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.

Verb

present participle and gerund of overween

overween

1. To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
2. To make or render arrogant and overweening.
3. To overwhelm.

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

excessiu

Sinònims

arrogant

haughty

excessive

extravagant

exuberant

uppity

proud

contemptuous

overbearing

stuck-up

insolent

egotistical

high and mighty

high-handed

inordinate

lofty

lordly

obstinate

ostentatious

overconfident

pigheaded

plethoric

presumptuous

pretentious

prideful

puffed up

scornful

self-conceit

snooty

supercilious

supercillious

unconscionable

vainglorious

full of oneself

overweeningness

affected

superoptimal

assuming

assumptive

bold

brash

bumptious

cocky

conceit

conceited

condescending

cussed

Traduccions

anmaßend

eingebildet

arrogante

altivo

exagerado

υπερφίαλος

excessivo

arrogant

excessif

verwaand

arrogante

αλαζόνας

überheblich

έπαρση

ausbündig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: overweninge

Cognat amb neerlandès: overwanig

In summary

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