overweening
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 adjective
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
extravagant praise
Related & opposite
- excessiveness derivation
- extravagance derivation
- unrestrained similar to
Sense 2 adjective
presumptuously arrogant
had a witty but overweening manner
Related & opposite
- uppityness derivation
- immodest similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excessiveness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extravagance |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unrestrained |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | uppityness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | immodest |