Synonyms for Overweening

Synonyms for "overweening" (190 found)

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Closest matches (38)

a bit muchabandoned arrogance arrogant assuming assumption assurance assured audacious audacity autocratic belief boundless brash brassy brazen brazenfaced bumptious cocksure cold

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complacent confidence confident consequential contumelious contumely conviction convinced cool courage decided determined disdainful effrontery

Adjective(4 words)

arrogant boast conceited domineer

Strong matches (57)

egotistical egregious enormous exaggerated excessive exorbitant extravagant extreme fabulous faith familiar fancy forward gay gigantic gluttonous haughty high hubris hubristic

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hyperbolic hypertrophied immoderate improvident imprudent impudent incautious incontinent indiscreet injudicious inordinate insolence insolent insulting intemperate lofty masterful monstrous narcissan narcissine narcissistic narcistic obtrusiveout of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutrageous overbearing overbig overbold overcareless

Adjective(6 words)

exaggerate excessive extravagant exuberant grandiose grandstand

Related words (95)

overconfidence overconfident overdeveloped overgreat overgrown overlarge overmuch overpresumptuous overproud oversure persuaded poise poised pomposity pompous positive presuming presumption presumptuous pride

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Adjective(9 words)

overinterpret overstate overvalue presume presumptuous pretentious self-aggrandizing uppity usurp

Adjective(1 words)

redundant

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

actassert authoritybehave interpretnegative evaluative adjectivepejorative evaluative term

More specific

12 entries

domination egotism egotistical grandiose grandstanding hubristic imperious imposition overinterpretation pretentious self-promoting usurpation

Collocations

8 entries

overweening ambitionoverweening arroganceoverweening claimsoverweening confidenceoverweening prideoverweening rhetoricoverweening self-confidenceoverweening self-regard

Inflections

4 entries

more overweeningmost overweeningoverweened overweens

Derivations

3 entries

overween overweeningly overweeningness

similar

2 entries

immodest unrestrained

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.

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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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