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Thesaurus: overweening

Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.

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  1. a. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  2. n. Conceit; arrogance.
  3. adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
  4. adj. presumptuously arrogant
  5. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak. Conceit; arrogance. Milton.
  6. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.-- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton.-- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n.Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.
  7. j:100 s. presumptuously arrogant