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
Toplofty and overweening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Toplofty" instead an adjective "Overweening".
Toplofty
Toplofty adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term “popularizer” to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure
Overweening and toplofty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overweening" instead an adjective "Toplofty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lofty and overweening
- lofty and toplofty
- contemptuous and overweening
- contemptuous and toplofty
- insolent and overweening
- insolent and toplofty
- overbearing and overweening
- overbearing and toplofty
- haughty and overweening
- haughty and toplofty
- snooty and overweening
- snooty and toplofty
- pompous and overweening
- pompous and toplofty
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