Hyphenation of overweening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overweening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

over-ween-ing

Definitions of overweening:

1.	Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings Extravagant praise Exuberant compliments Overweening ambition Overweening greed
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

Synonyms of overweening:

adj	excessive, extravagant, exuberant, unrestrained
adj	uppity, immodest

Last hyphenations of this language

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