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swelled head
noun
an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
swelled head
noun
informalan inflated view of one's own worth, often caused by sudden success
Other Word Forms
- swelled-headed adjective
- swelled-headedness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of swelled head1
Example Sentences
“Well, luckily I’m too old to get a swelled head,” Mitchell joked in her acceptance speech.
Astronauts also tend to have swelled heads, squashed eyeballs, shriveled legs and bones that become more brittle.
Or so he told Tommy, who punched him in the arm and told him he had a swelled head.
Take the warnings his mother finds on the Internet and forwards to Lam and his brothers, cautioning them against the dangers of a swelled head.
You can get a swelled head and think you know so much about the past, you know about the present, that you can predict the future.
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