overweening

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
- extravagant praise
- exuberant compliments
- overweening ambition
- overweening greed
• Syn:
excessive, extravagant, exuberant
• Similar to:
unrestrained
• Derivationally related forms:
extravagance (for: extravagant), excessiveness (for: excessive)
2. presumptuously arrogant
- had a witty but overweening manner
- "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
- "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
• Syn:
uppity
• Similar to:
immodest
• Derivationally related forms:
uppityness (for: uppity)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  uppity, excessive, extravagant, exuberant