Jeffrey Kluger

When you're your parents' one shot at a genetic legacy, you may get to attend all the best schools, wear all the best clothes and eat all the best foods - at least relative to children in multiple-sibling households. But you also wind up with an overweening sense of your own importance.

American Writer

Hunter S. Thompson

The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules.

American Journalist

Charles Kennedy

As a Scot, representing a Scottish constituency for almost the past 25 years, I do not harbour an overweening ambition to pronounce on each and every matter exclusively English.

British Politician

Jacob Weisberg

Where Reagan channeled disenchantment with overweening government, Obama symbolized America's transformation into a multiracial country.

Understand 'overweening' carries a negative tone, implying excessive self-assurance.

Negative Nuance

'Overweening' often precedes negative results due to excessive pride or ambition.

Likely Outcomes

Use 'overweening' for subtly criticizing someone's excessive pride without using harsh words.

Subtly Critical

Use 'overweening' to describe someone overly displaying their intellectual abilities.

Intellectual Show-off

'Overweening' behavior often alienates others or creates a sense of discomfort.

Discomfort to Others

'Overweening' suggests an excessiveness that surpasses mere confidence or pride.

Not Just Confidence

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