swollen-headed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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About 30 minutes after my sudden exit, I roll—cloggy-eyed, swollen-headed, and slightly embarrassed—into the wheelhouse to talk to Jim.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2017
A swollen-headed raider, full of boasts and stupid jokes and mead.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
Are you really swollen-headed enough to imagine that it was you who drove the French out of Russia in 1812?
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
And don't you call me your dear Nash! you swollen-headed butler!
From A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh
“You’ll make me swollen-headed in a moment, you two.”
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
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