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overweening - Dictionary definition and meaning for overweening

OVERWEENING

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  • (adj.) presumptuously arrogant

    "had a witty but overweening manner", "no idea how overweening he would be", "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"

    synonyms : uppity

    He had a witty but overweeening manner. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

    "extravagant praise", "exuberant compliments", "overweening ambition", "overweening greed"

    synonyms : excessive , extravagant , exuberant

    Overweening ambition was the cause of his downfall. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for overweening

  • (Tag: English) a person who wins over and over can be arrogant.

    added by aniruddha_chaudhari    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) derived from over(MEANS ABOVE, MORE)+ween..latin venus..means charm or love....so think of the lady(RELATE IT TO OUR primary school story..a lady who was more beautiful and CHARMING than moon..that moon also use to praise her because of that she BECA

    added by preetisoni2411    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) OVERly flailing your WEENER. Otherwise known as cock-waving.

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  • (Tag: ) it is the overween+ing form...and now..OVER+WEEN(MEANS to hope, think, expect, intend)..so if you get something over(means beyond) what you EXPECT ...you become arrogant...you unrestrained in your feelings.

    added by preetisoni2411    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) opposite of over-weenie (which would be overly cowardly).

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  • (Tag: ) because of that she BECAME VERY ARROGANT...and killed her daughter..)

    added by preetisoni2411    editEdit Mnemonic

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User Comments

  • guys,,, iss preetisoni ka illaj karao,,, pata nahi kya kya mnemonic banati rehti hai,,, she needs help added by saurabhkumar87

  • I concur saurabh added by menon_ranjit

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