overweening
adjective[before noun]
formaldisapprovinguk/ˌəʊ.vəˈwiː.nɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwiː.nɪŋ/being tooproudorconfidentin yourself:
傲慢的;自负的;过于自信的overweeningpride/arrogance/vanity咄咄逼人的傲气/傲慢/虚荣
She isdrivenby overweeningambition.她被不可一世的野心所驱使。
Synonyms
proud(FEELING IMPORTANT)disapproving
uppityinformaldisapproving
boastful
- boastfulHe was confident, not boastful.
- bumptiousHis critics have depicted him as a bumptious, privately-educated son of privilege.
- ostentatiousShe is not impressed by his ostentatious displays of wealth.
- full of yourselfCarolyn liked confident guys, but thought Oscar a bit too brash and full of himself.
- overweeningHis overweening arrogance is matched only by his incompetence.
Showing arrogance and conceit
- (as) proud as Luciferidiom
- airs and gracesidiom
- arrogant
- arrogantly
- as ifyouowned the placeidiom
- dog
- egocentric
- egocentrically
- egoistic
- egomaniacal
- overweeningly
- patronize
- patronizing
- pomposity
- pompous
- talk down tosomeone
- think the (whole) world revolves aroundyouidiom
- throwyourweight aroundidiom
- tin god
- toffee-nosed