overweening

Significado (Inglés)

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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Conceptos

arrogante

altivo

exagerado

excesivo

presuntuoso

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

eingebildet

anmaßend

arrogante

verwaand

excessif

excessivo

υπερφίαλος

arrogant

έπαρση

überdimensional

arrogant

ausbündig

مغرور

αλαζόνας

überschüssig

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: overweninge

Cognado con neerlandés: overwanig

In summary

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