Synonyms Dictionary

2. annul, nullfiy, abolish, cancel or cancel out, invalidate, void, negate; countermand, counterorder, overrule, override; veto, nix. Inf put or turn thumbs down; reverse, repeal, rescind, retract, recall, take back.
3. upset, overset, throw over, push over, knock over or down, turn over; upend, tip over, capsize, keel or keel over, turn topsy-turvy, turn upside down, invert, reverse; topple, tumble, precipitate, Inf. spill. overvalue, v. overestimate, overrate, overesteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t.'s or s.o.'s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of. overweening, adj. 1. (all of persons) presumptuous, assuming, cocky, cocksure, overconfident, riding for a fall; bold, forward, impertinent, audacious, Inf. fresh, impudent, brash, brazen, brassy; arrogant, haughty, insolent, contemptuous, cavalier, disdainful, supercilious; proud, prideful, overproud, vainglorious, vain, stuck on oneself, swellheaded, Inf. bigheaded, egotistical, egotistic; peacockish, strutting, flaunting, show-offish; pompous, pretentious, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, hoity-toity, self-important, stuffy; conceited, Inf. stuck-up, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf uppish, snobbish, snobby, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty; magisterial, lordly, high and mighty, imperious, domineering, overbearing, high-handed, arbitrary; assertive, self-assertive, pushing, Inf. pushy, aggressive; self-willed, willful, forceful, imperative, commanding, masterful, authoritative, authoritarian, Inf. bossy; peremptory, dictatorial, despotic, autocratic, tyrannical.
2. (all of opinions, characteristics, etc.) exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, overdone; elaborate, overelaborate, overdetailed, overworked, overwrought; blown or blown up, overblown, blown up out of proportion, magnified, enlarged; inflated, overinflated, swollen, bloated, distended, tumid; plethoric, flatulent, turgid, bombastic, bombastical, fustian, orotund; ostentatious, flamboyant, flashy, showy, flowery, florid, ornate, ornamental, fancy; impressive, grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, sonorous; affected, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, Inf. high-hat. overweigh, v. 1. outweigh, overbalance, outbalance, preponderate; overshadow, throw into the shade, eclipse, put to shame, Inf. show up; exceed, transcend, surpass, overmatch, outmatch; outrank, be superior to, overtop, override, overpower, take precedence over; have the edge on, hold the advantage, tip the scales, turn the tables.
2. oppress, burden, trouble, tax, encumber, cumber, charge, crush, weigh down; exhaust, wear, wear down, weary; overload, overcharge, load, overwhelm; strain, work, drive, overwork, overdrive. overweight, n. 1. overbalance, excess baggage, excess, Commerce, overage.
2. obesity, fatness, excess weight, Euph. weight problem, overheaviness, overponderousness; heaviness, heftiness, weightiness, ponderousness, ponderosity; rotundity, portliness, stoutness, chubbiness, tubbiness, pudginess, plumpness.
-adj. 3. overheavy, too heavy, overponderous, in excess of or above the allowance, over; weighty, bulky, overloaded, loaded down, heavy-laden, laden, loaded, weighed down.
4. obese, fat, corpulent, pursy, flabby, fleshy, Scot. fodgel, tipping the scales; heavy, hefty, portly, stout, rotund; paunchy, potbellied, big-bellied, round-bellied, large-bellied, great-bellied, abdominous, Inf. bay-windowed, Inf corporational, SI. beerbellied,

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