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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 51Թ Forms

  • ɱ-𲹻Ļ adjective
  • ɱ-𲹻Ļ·ness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swelled head1

First recorded in 1890–95
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“Well, luckily I’m too old to get a swelled head,” Mitchell joked in her acceptance speech.

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Astronauts also tend to have swelled heads, squashed eyeballs, shriveled legs and bones that become more brittle.

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Or so he told Tommy, who punched him in the arm and told him he had a swelled head.

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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.

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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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