overweening

Synonyymisanakirja

overweening

kerskaileva, ylimielinen, mahtaileva, vapautunut, kohtuuton, liiallinen, ylenpalttinen.

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Englannin sanakirja

overweening englanniksi

1. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

2. Shakespeare (rfdat)

Here’s an overweening rogue.

She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.

3. 1870, w:Carl Schurz|Carl Schurz, s:George H. Thomas Eulogy|George H. Thomas Eulogy

No success rendered him overweening and no disaster was ever known to stagger his firmness.

4. 1908, Frederic Bancroft and William A. Dunning, s:A Sketch of Carl Schurzs Political Career 1869-1906/1 The Rising Senator|A Sketch of Carl Schurz’s Political Career''

The Senate was displaying an overweening hauteur as if it were the government.

5. exaggerated Exaggerated, excessive

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7. puhekieltä An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.

8. (RQ:Flr Mntgn Essay), II.12:

Let us suppresse this over-weening (transterm), the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit(nb..).

9. (present participle of)

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