overweening
4 synonyms and 7 antonyms for overweening, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Far too sure of yourself, and sometimes rude with it.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Far too sure of yourself, and sometimes rude with it.
“While they ultimately came to the same conclusion, the pre-emptive tweet made it harder to rebut the court's judgment that they were “supine servants of an overweening master”.”
Opposites
Etymology
Came from Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween plus -ing. It is cognate with the obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).
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