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adj. 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

excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening

adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

Fuzzynyms (49)

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

great

adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded

adj. given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

expensive

adj. high in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

overpriced

adj. too costly for the value; "overpriced items at resort shops"

absurd

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous

adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

blind, unreasoning

adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

moderate, temperate

adj. not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"

fair, fairish, reasonable

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

immoderate

adj. beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"

extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful

adj. far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience"

bleached, faded, washed-out, washy

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

rampant

adj. (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"

epidemic

adj. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

effusive, gushing(a), gushy

adj. extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry"

Synonyms (11)

important

adj. having or suggesting a consciousness of high position; "recited the decree with an important air"; "took long important strides in the direction of his office"

unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned

adj. not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"

unbuttoned, unlaced

adj. not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub"

unhampered, unhindered

adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"

unhampered, unhindered

adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"

Antonyms (8)

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

moderate

adj. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"

reasonable, sane

adj. marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"

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