WordNet
adj. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, vain]
Usage examples of "swollen-headed".
It would make her swollen-headed if he told her that the only reason he was so harsh with her was because he knew how good she could be.
This is more astonishing than the lighted brazier, the coat of fur—it is a sleeping, swollen-headed baby in a blanket.
One day, Liu Po Wen and his outlaws arrived at a wooden bridge and spotted a swollen-headed youth spread-eagled across a boat, asleep.
If they refused, he said, they would prove that they were common traitors, and irresponsible swollen-headed rabble.
There was no doubt I could have turned into a swollen-headed jerk, and there’s no doubt some people think I did turn into one, much as I tried to keep it all straight.