湖边社【每日一词】overweening - adj. 自负的，过于自信的；傲慢的 being too proud or confident in yourself
例词：overweening pride/arrogance/vanity 咄咄逼人的傲气／傲慢／虚荣；overweening advice: 自负的意见 ；overweening attitude: 嚣张气焰；be arrogant and overweening: 妄自尊大
overweening ambition: 过分自信的抱负
Definition: adjective
1: ARROGANT, PRESUMPTUOUS
2: IMMODERATE, EXAGGERATED
Synonyms
assured,biggety [Southern & Midland],biggity,bigheaded,complacent,conceited,consequential,egoistic,important,proud,self-conceited,stuck-up,swellheaded,vainglorious
Examples of overweening in a Sentence
1 How, therefore, can one expect them to solve the major problem of the overweening power of government versus the citizen?
2 This is one sick twist of a tryst, with the two forming a strange — and ultimately tiresome — double helix of sadomasochistic desire and overweening ego. —Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
3 The wall labels follow suit, offering helpful information about materials and biographical events, along with occasional quotes from the artist, steering well clear of overweening, interpretive helicopter curating. —Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
4 The radical expansion of NATO’s writ reflected the overweening aims that the end of the Cold War enabled Washington to pursue. —Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
5 What seemed like carelessness in the first few days they were in office has turned into a habit of overweening arrogance.