overweening
英 [əʊvə'wiːnɪŋ]
美[,ovɚ'winɪŋ]
- adj. 自负的，过于自信的；过分的
英英释意
- 1. unrestrained in especially feelings;
- "extravagant praise"
- "exuberant compliments"
- "overweening ambition"
- "overweening greed"
- 2. presumptuously arrogant;
- "had a witty but overweening manner"
- "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
- "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times