swelled head

noun

: an exaggerated opinion of oneself : self-conceit

swelled-headed

ˈsweld-ˌhe-dəd 

adjective

swelled-headedness noun

Synonyms

• amour propre
• bighead
• complacence
• complacency
• conceit
• conceitedness
• ego
• egotism
• pomposity
• pompousness
• pride
• pridefulness
• self-admiration
• self-assumption
• self-conceit
• self-congratulation
• self-esteem
• self-glory
• self-importance
• self-love
• self-opinion
• self-satisfaction
• smugness
• swellheadedness
• vaingloriousness
• vainglory
• vainness
• vanity

Examples of swelled head in a Sentence

coming in first in a couple of tennis tournaments was enough to give him a swelled head

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

swelled head

noun

: bighead