overweening Definition
over·ween·ing (ō′vər wēn′iŋ)
overweening Related Forms
o′ver·ween′·ingly adverb
overweening Synonyms
overweening Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- ambition: The Greeks would call this hubris - righteous revenge from the gods for overweening ambition.
- power: It was the individual's ultimate protection against the overweening power of the state.
- pride: Indeed, our overweening pride in our culture gives the lie to any claims we might make to theological modesty.
- sense: Blair's overweening sense of ethical duty compensated for the absence of public support.
- arrogance: A mixture of extreme shyness and overweening arrogance, he is an erratic and unforthcoming conversationalist.
- conceit: Myself, I don't think that New Labor's problem has been overweening conceit, but rather the reverse.
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