Overweening
adjective | /overweening/
Excessively confident, proud, or arrogant; showing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance.
Overweening
adjective | /overweening/
Advanced WordsHARDExcessively confident, proud, or arrogant; showing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance.
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"His overweening confidence led him to dismiss the advice of experts. Means: His excessive self-confidence made him ignore expert advice."
"The novel portrays an overweening ruler who believes no law applies to him. Means: The novel shows an arrogant ruler who thinks he is above the law."
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Overweening pride “over-weighs” a person’s real achievements and abilities.
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