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overweening
adjective
presumptuously arrogant
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adjective
presumptuously arrogant
“had a witty but overweening manner”
adjective
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
“extravagant praise”
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had a witty but overweening manner
{'source': 'S.V.Benet', 'text': 'no idea how overweening he would be'}
{'source': 'NY Times', 'text': 'getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down'}
extravagant praise
exuberant compliments
overweening ambition
overweening greed
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