She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.
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Overweening
//oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ//
Synonyms for "overweening" (253 found)
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Adjective(33 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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out of sightout of this worldoutrageousoverbigoverboldovercarelessoverconfidenceoverconfidentoverdevelopedovergreatovergrownoverlargeovermuchoverpresumptuousoverproudoversurepersuadedpoisepoisedpomposity
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22 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπέρβιος adj (over-confident)
Bulgarian
2 entries- високоме́рен adj (over-confident)
- самонадея́н adj (over-confident)
Dutch
3 entries- arrogant adj (over-confident)
- verwaand adj (over-confident)
- zelfverzekerd adj (over-confident)
French
2 entries- arrogant adj (over-confident)
- confiant adj (over-confident)
German
4 entries- anmaßend adj (over-confident)
- arrogant adj (over-confident)
- eingebildet adj (over-confident)
- überheblich adj (over-confident)
Irish
4 entries- ainteann adj (over-confident)
- anuallach adj (over-confident)
- leitheadach adj (over-confident)
- ládasach adj (over-confident)
Occitan
1 entries- arrogant adj (over-confident)
Russian
1 entries- самонаде́янный adj (over-confident)
Spanish
1 entries- prepotente adj (over-confident)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Heere's an ouer-weening rogue.
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The offer freely given was freely accepted, this gentleman already standing high in their opinion from his conduct to the Count; nor could they doubt that Lady Anne had lost herself many years of pleasant, and probably profitable intercourse with him, from her own acrimony of temper and overweening pride of manners;[…]
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No success rendered him overweening and no disaster was ever known to stagger his firmness.
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