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overweening
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1 overweening
Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings:
— Overweening ambition.
— Overweening greed.
synoniemen: excessive, extravagant, exuberant.
Roget 641:
redundant;
too much,
too many;
exuberant,
inordinate,
superabundant,
excessive,
overmuch,
replete,
profuse,
lavish;
prodigal
etc.
818;
exorbitant;
overweening;
extravagant;
overcharged
etc.
v.;
supersaturated,
drenched,
overflowing;
running over,
running to waste,
running down.
crammed to overflowing,
filled to overflowing;
gorged,
ready to burst;
dropsical,
turgid,
plethoric;
obese
etc.
194.
superfluous,
unnecessary,
needless,
supervacaneous†,
uncalled for,
to spare,
in excess;
over and above
etc.
(remainder)
40;
de trop [Fr.];
adscititious
etc.
(additional)
37;
supernumerary
etc.
(reserve)
636;
on one's hands,
spare,
duplicate,
supererogatory,
expletive;
un peu fort [Fr.].
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Roget 885:
insolent,
haughty,
arrogant,
imperious,
magisterial,
dictatorial,
arbitrary;
high-handed,
high and mighty;
contumelious,
supercilious,
overbearing,
intolerant,
domineering,
overweening,
high-flown.
flippant,
pert,
fresh [U.S.],
cavalier,
saucy,
forward,
impertinent,
malapert.
precocious,
assuming,
would-be,
bumptious.
bluff;
brazen,
shameless,
aweless,
unblushing†,
unabashed;
brazen,
boldfaced-,
barefaced-,
brazen-faced;
dead to shame,
lost to shame.
impudent,
audacious,
presumptuous,
free and easy,
devil-may-care,
rollicking;
jaunty,
janty†;
roistering,
blustering,
hectoring,
swaggering,
vaporing;
thrasonic,
fire eating,
full of sound and fury"
[Macbeth].
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Roget 880:
vain,
vain as a peacock,
proud as a peacock;
conceited,
overweening,
pert,
forward;
vainglorious,
high-flown;
ostentatious
etc.
882;
puffed up,
inflated,
flushed.
self-satisfied,
self-confident,
self-sufficient,
self-flattering,
self-admiring,
self-applauding,
self-glorious,
self-opinionated;
entente
etc.
(wrongheaded)
481;
wise in one's own conceit,
pragmatical†,
overwise†,
pretentious,
priggish;
egotistic,
egotistical;
soi-disant
etc.
(boastful)
884 [Fr.];
arrogant
etc.
885.
unabashed,
unblushing;
unconstrained,
unceremonious;
free and easy.
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Roget 863:
rash,
incautious,
indiscreet;
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious;
uncalculating†;
heedless;
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460;
without ballast,
heels over head,
head over heels;
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
wanton,
reckless,
wild,
madcap;
desperate,
devil-may-care.
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained†;
headlong,
headstrong;
breakneck;
foolhardy;
harebrained;
precipitate,
impulsive.
overconfident,
overweening;
venturesome,
venturous;
adventurous,
Quixotic,
fire eating,
cavalier;
janty†,
jaunty,
free and easy.
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
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Roget 878:
dignified;
stately;
proud,
proud-crested;
lordly,
baronial;
lofty-minded;
highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled†,
high-handed,
high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned.
haughty lofty,
high,
mighty,
swollen,
puffed up,
flushed,
blown;
vainglorious;
purse-proud,
fine;
proud as a peacock,
proud as Lucifer;
bloated with pride.
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious,
high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential;
arrogant
etc.
885;
unblushing
etc.
880.
stiff,
stiff-necked;
starch;
perked stuck-up;
in buckram,
strait-laced;
prim
etc.
(affected)
855.
on one's dignity,
on one's high horses,
on one's tight ropes,
on one's high ropes;
on stilts;
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Pools: ekstrawagancki
2 overweening
Presumptuously arrogant:
— Had a witty but overweening manner.
— No idea how overweening he would be.
synoniem: uppity.
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