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overweening

/oh-ver-wee-ning/US // ˈoʊ vərˈwi nɪŋ //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ) //

嚣张跋扈,矫枉过正,嚣张跋扈的,霸道的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
    • : exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant: overweening prejudice; overweening pride.

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Examples

  • It may have been Milburgh's overweening faith in his own genius.

  • And have you, young lady, any of that overweening prejudice in favour of your own island?

  • His overweening conduct gradually made his position at Berlin untenable.

  • I have been,' said James Dutton to me at the last interview I had with him, 'all my life an overweening self-confident fool.

  • The Hanseatic League had long been offended at their overweening pride; and it now left them and removed its factory to Antwerp.