overweaning

Adjective

overweening (comparative more overweening, superlative most overweening)

1. Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
   • She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.

   Synonyms:

   overconfident, presumptuous, conceited, airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery

   Antonyms:

   underconfident, unconfident, uncertain, unsure, timid

2. 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.2015 January 4, Jonathan Rauch, “How to Make Men Free”, in NY Times

   Synonyms:

   immoderate, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, intemperate, lavish

   Antonyms:

   moderate, appropriate, due, apropos

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