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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 in especially 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) Attributes of adj overweening Familiarity of adj overweening overweening used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj overweening overweening Overview of adj overweening The adj overweening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening -- (unrestrained in especially 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)
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