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overweening
Overview of adj overweening
The adj overweening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening -- (unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed")
2. overweening, uppity -- (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)
Antonyms of adj overweening
2 senses of overweening
Sense 1
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
INDIRECT (VIA unrestrained) -> restrained
Sense 2
overweening, uppity
INDIRECT (VIA immodest) -> modest
Similarity of adj overweening
2 senses of overweening
Sense 1
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
=> unrestrained (vs. restrained)
Sense 2
overweening, uppity
=> immodest (vs. modest)
Pertainyms of adj overweening
Attributes of adj overweening
Domain of adj overweening
Domain Terms of adj overweening
Familiarity of adj overweening
overweening used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj overweening
overweening
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