modest vs overweening

modest

adj
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

  • Small, moderate in size. 

overweening

adj
  • Unduly confident; arrogant 

  • Exaggerated, excessive. 

How often have the words modest and overweening occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )