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swelled head

noun

  1. an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.


swelled head

noun

  1. informal.
    an inflated view of one's own worth, often caused by sudden success
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • swelled-headed adjective
  • swelled-headed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swelled head1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

Other writers suffered from that complaint known as "swelled head," but Walter Fetherston never.

Don't tell me anything more, or you will give me a case of swelled head.

He is sure to have a swelled head and try to boss the crowd.

It will do wonders in the way of curing Nat Weymans swelled head and no one can possibly say it isnt fair.

There is no room for faith in the swelled head of young Italy, but the waiter was a middle-aged man.

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