Overweening
Overweening adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Usage example: a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism
Self-congratulatory and overweening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Self-congratulatory" instead an adjective "Overweening".
Self-congratulatory
Overweening and self-congratulatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overweening" instead an adjective phrase "Self-congratulatory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- self-important and overweening
- self-important and self-congratulatory
- haughty and overweening
- haughty and self-congratulatory
- pompous and overweening
- pompous and self-congratulatory
- arrogant and overweening
- arrogant and self-congratulatory
- superior and overweening
- superior and self-congratulatory
- conceited and overweening
- conceited and self-congratulatory
- egotistic and overweening
- egotistic and self-congratulatory
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