overweening

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore O words

showing excessive confidence, pride, or presumption

In a sentence

Overweening in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing overweening in a sentence.

His overweening ambition led him to overreach and lose everything.

Synonyms

arrogantpresumptuousconceited

Antonyms

Keep going

a stupid, clumsy, or boorish person

stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or course of action

a gesture or attitude of deep respect or submission

showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

grossly overweight to a degree that poses a health risk

to make something deliberately unclear or confusing

the act of making something deliberately unclear or confusing

Common questions

Overweening (adjective) means showing excessive confidence, pride, or presumption

Here is overweening used in an example sentence: "His overweening ambition led him to overreach and lose everything."

Common synonyms for overweening include arrogant, presumptuous, conceited.

Antonyms of overweening include modest, humble, diffident.

Overweening is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.