overweening

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

arrogante

libertino

protervo

soverchio

spropositato

fuorimisura

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

eingebildet

anmaßend

altivo

excessivo

υπερφίαλος

exagerado

excessif

arrogant

arrogante

verwaand

έπαρση

ausbündig

überdimensional

αλαζόνας

arrogant

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: overweninge

Affine olandese: overwanig

In summary

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