swelled-headed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Oft told is the story-with-a-moral that during the first year of business Thomas Bat'a became swelled-headed and assumed the airs of a "Gentleman Manager."
From Time Magazine Archive
Then man became swelled-headed; became intoxicated with his successes.
From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur
I hope maybe I’ve learned my lesson, and I’ll not be so swelled-headed next time.
From Cloudy Jewel by Hill, Grace Livingston
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