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: December 19, 2023
\oh-ver-WEE-ning\ adjective
What It Means
To describe someone as overweening is to say that they are arrogant and unduly proud. Overweening also disapprovingly describes qualities or desires, such as greed or ambition, that are seen as excessive.
// It’s hard for people to believe every word in speeches by overweening politicians.
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