swollen-headed

adjective

1. informal,  conceited

Example Sentences

A woman giving birth needs to have a pelvis as wide as possible to fit our swollen-headed babies through undamaged.

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A swollen-headed raider, full of boasts and stupid jokes and mead.

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And don't you call me your dear Nash! you swollen-headed butler!

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U.S. forces based in the South and South Korean politicians, especially President Lee Myung-bak, come in for especially florid disdain: They are “swollen-headed traitors,” “half-baked extra-large Philistines,” “wicked running dogs” and “loud-mouthed gangsters.”

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I couldn't sit down to eat my meals with a lot of swollen-headed nobodies.

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Related Words

• arrogant 
• bombastic 
• cocky 
• exultant 
• pompous 
• pretentious