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overbearing [ˌəʊvəˈbeərıŋ] ADJ

overseen [ˌəʊvəˈsiːn]

overwhelm [ˌəʊvəˈhwelm] VERB trans

I . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] VERB trans

II . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] VERB intr

III . overhang <overhung> [ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ] SUBST

overseer [ˈəʊvəsiːə] SUBST

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For black despair is the very core of overweening arrogance.
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Her intentions were good, but overweening kindness is almost as insulting as people who flinch.
www.slate.com
The political as well as the religious fanatic appeals from the overweening opinion and claims of others to the highest and most impartial tribunal, namely, his own breast...
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The not-so-subtle point about triathletes is the overweening desire to show that they are simply better than everyone else.
www.ft.com
Many a great talent before now has been sabotaged by overweening ambition.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I am not against cooperation between public institutions and private companys, except when it is with companies with such overweening profit margins.
singularityhub.com
It was only in the guise of the ascetic priest that the philosopher was first able to make his appearance without attracting suspicion of his overweening will to power.
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They resent being treated as suspicious individuals by an overweening bureaucracy just because they value trust and privacy.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Yet she maintains the couple's marital woes were less about money than her husband's overweening devotion to his sport.
www.macleans.ca
But where do you draw the line between portrait and self-portrait; foreground and background; the unduly retiring and the overweening?
www.independent.co.uk

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