overweening
adjective
1. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
- overweening ambition
- overweening greed
Similar word(s): unrestrained, excessive, extravagant, exuberant
2. presumptuously arrogant
- had a witty but overweening manner
- no idea how overweening he would be
Similar word(s): immodest, uppity
Sentences with overweening as an adjective:
- She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she's overweening.
noun
1. (now rare) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one's abilities; presumption, arrogance.
verb
1. present participle of overween