overweening : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overweening	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overweening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overweening adj unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" Synonym(s): excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening 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 Synonym(s): overweening, uppity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overweening \O`verween"ing\, a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- {O`verween"ingly}, adv. --Milton. -- {O`verween"ingness}, n. Here's an overweening rogue. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, n. Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.