- Types Of Speech
- You can use overweening as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Overweening
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 11 letters with the letters e, g, i, n, o, r, v, and w, 6 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter e. Overweening starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters o, ov, ove, over, overw, and the ending characters are g, ng, ing, ning, ening, . Overweening is also a double vowel (ee) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- 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
- School Grade
- Overweening is set as a sat word that starts with o, ends with g, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 11 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Overweening in Pig Latin is said as "overweeningay or overweeningway".
- Unigram
- o | v | e | r | w | e | e | n | i | n | g
- Bigram
- ov | ve | er | rw | we | ee | en | ni | in | ng
- Trigram
- ove | ver | erw | rwe | wee | een | eni | nin | ing
- Quadrigram
- over | verw | erwe | rwee | ween | eeni | enin | ning
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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 - unrestrained in especially feelings;
"extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments";
"overweening ambition";
"overweening greed"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abandoned | left desolate or empty "an abandoned child" "their deserted wives and children" "an abandoned shack" "deserted villages" |
Absurd | inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman |
Abusive | characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "abusive punishment" "argued...that foster homes are abusive" |
Aggressive | having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends "an aggressive businessman" "an aggressive basketball player" "he was aggressive and imperious positive in his convictions" "aggressive drivers" |
Aplomb | great coolness and composure under strain "keep your cool" |
Arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
Arrogant | |
Assuming | excessively forward "an assumptive person" "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide" "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" |
Assumptive | accepted as real or true without proof "an assumed increase in population" "the assumed reason for his absence" "assumptive beliefs" "his loyalty was taken for granted" |
Assure | be careful or certain to do something make certain of something "He verified that the valves were closed" "See that the curtains are closed" "control the quality of the product" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Overweening
Anagram | Definition |
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Overweening | 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 |
View English words with the unique letters used in overweening. Words With The Letters Eginorvw
Similar Word | Definition |
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Immodest |
Overweening Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With O
- Ends With G