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assertive
adjective
Aggressively self-assured.
usage:
"an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
synonyms:
self-asserting
,
self-assertive
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(a.)
Positive
; affirming confidently;
affirmative
;
peremptory
.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
overweening
(a.) Unduly
confident
;
arrogant
;
presumptuous
;
conceited
.
(n.)
Conceit
;
arrogance
.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.
usage:
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
synonyms:
excessive
,
extravagant
,
exuberant
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
synonyms:
uppity
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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