overweening


overweening (http://definr.com/overweening)

     adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
            "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
            "overweening greed" [syn: excessive, extravagant,
            exuberant]
     2: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening
        manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet;
        "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"-
        NY Times [syn: uppity]