Translations for „overweening“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

over·ween·ing [ˌəʊvəˈwi:nɪŋ] ADJ pej form

overweening

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English

Subsequent events revealed his overweening ambition.

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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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Nothing like the arrogance and overweening pride of a believer.

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His overweening strategy, however, stranged him from most of the party bosses the civilian caucus which had provided political support to the military dictatorship in the last twenty years.

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But somehow this piggy, cute, overweening word is right.

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In recent years we have seen parliament diminished by the overweening executive power of the prime minister.

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Nor was caution only displayed toward would-be overweening legislators.

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But where do you draw the line between portrait and self-portrait; foreground and background; the unduly retiring and the overweening?

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Yet she maintains the couple's marital woes were less about money than her husband's overweening devotion to his sport.

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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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