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Unduly confident; arrogant / Exaggerated, excessive.

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overweening

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Source Word

overweening

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

Adjective

Unduly confident; arrogant / Exaggerated, excessive.

Japanese Meaning

自惚れすぎた、傲慢な / 誇大で過度な

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Her overweening certainty that she was right alienated colleagues and led to costly mistakes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は自分が正しいと過剰に自信を持って確信していたため、同僚たちを遠ざけ、高い代償を伴うミスを招いた。

Sense（1）

Unduly confident; arrogant

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

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

Exaggerated, excessive.

The idea that an overweening federal government is a threat to both freedom and equality (not to mention prosperity) goes back to Jefferson, James Madison, Patrick Henry and some other fairly respectable personages.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more overweening

（ comparative ）

most overweening

（ superlative ）

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