overweening

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

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Fiil çekimi düzenli

Yalın (V1)overweening

3. tekil (-s)overweenings

-ingoverweeninging

Past (V2)overweeninged

Participle (V3)overweeninged

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Çeviriler

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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

sıfat Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
“She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.”
sıfat Exaggerated, excessive.
“The idea that an overweening federal government is a threat to both freedom and equality (not to mention prosperity) goes back to Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry and some other fairly respectable personages.”
isim An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.
“Let us suppresse this over-weening [translating cuider], the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit[…].”
fiil present participle and gerund of overween

Eş anlamlılar

overconfident presumptuous conceited airy arrogant chesty authoritarian biggity big-headed blustery boastful lordly bombastic buggish cocky disdainful domineering egotistical entitled flatulent

Zıt anlamlılar

underconfident moderate

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