Overweening - Definition
overweening
adj 1: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments";
"overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn:
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
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 [syn: overweening, uppity]