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Summary

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overweening:
- orgueilleux; hautain; vantard; orgueilleuse; arrogant; fanfaron; hâbleur; orgueilleusement
Wiktionary:
- overweening → confiant, arrogant

English

Detailed Translations for overweening from English to French

overweening:

overweening adj

overweening (boastful; lah-di-dah; flaunting; haughty; loud)
orgueilleux; hautain; vantard; orgueilleuse; arrogant; fanfaron; hâbleur; orgueilleusement
- orgueilleux adj
- hautain adj
- vantard adj
- orgueilleuse adj
- arrogant adj
- fanfaron adj
- hâbleur adj
- orgueilleusement adj

Translation Matrix for overweening:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
fanfaron		a character; a queer bird; boaster; braggart; foreign chap; funny old bird; roisterer; show-off; swaggerer; swank-pot; swanker; tinhorn; windbag; yapper
hâbleur		bacon-merchant; boaster; braggart; show-off; swaggerer; swank-pot; swanker
vantard		bawler; boaster; braggart; roisterer; show-off; swaggerer; swank-pot; swanker; tinhorn; windbag; yapper
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	excessive; extravagant; exuberant; uppity
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	presumptuous
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
arrogant	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	arrogant; cocky; condescending; depreciatory; derogatory; disparaging; haughty; high-and-mighty; high-handed; overbearing; presumptuous; proud; quarrelsome; self-satisfied; slighting; snappish; stuck-up; supercilious; superior; waspish
fanfaron	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	boastful; boasting; bombastic; bragging; grandiloquent
hautain	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	arrogant; condescending; depreciatory; derogatory; disparaging; haughty; high-and-mighty; high-handed; overbearing; presumptuous; proud; self-satisfied; slighting; stuck-up; supercilious; superior
hâbleur	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	bombastic
orgueilleuse	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	arrogant; haughty; proud
orgueilleusement	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	arrogant; haughty; high-handed; presumptuous; proud; supercilious; superior
orgueilleux	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	arrogant; glorious; haughty; high-handed; lofty; presumptuous; proud; supercilious; superior; vigorous
vantard	boastful; flaunting; haughty; lah-di-dah; loud; overweening	boastful; boasting; bombastic; bragging; grandiloquent

Related Words for "overweening":

overweeningly

Synonyms for "overweening":

excessive; extravagant; exuberant; unrestrained
uppity; immodest

Related Definitions for "overweening":

presumptuously arrogant¹
- had a witty but overweening manner¹
- no idea how overweening he would be¹
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings¹
- overweening ambition¹
- overweening greed¹

Wiktionary Translations for overweening:

overweening

adjective

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- overweening → confiant; arrogant

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University