overweening[adjective]Synonyms: presumptuous, brash, forward, presuming, pushful, pushy, self-asserting, self-assertive, uppish, uppity
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
o‧ver‧ween‧ing /ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: overween 'to be too confident' (14-19 centuries), from ween 'to think, believe' (11-20 centuries), from Old English wenan]
too proud and confident – used to show disapproval
Synonym : arrogant:
overweening ambition—overweeningly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲