overweening

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

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Έννοιες

υπερφίαλος

έπαρση

αλαζόνας

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

eingebildet

anmaßend

arrogante

exagerado

arrogante

arrogant

excessif

verwaand

altivo

excessivo

confiant

ausbündig

überdimensional

arrogant

مغرور

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: overweninge

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: overwanig

In summary

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