Definition of Swelled head

1. Noun. An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.

Exact synonyms: Egotism, Self-importance
Generic synonyms: Conceit, Conceitedness, Vanity
Specialized synonyms: Superiority Complex
Derivative terms: Egotist, Egotistic, Self-important

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelled Head

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sweir
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sweirest
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swellable
swelldom
swelldoms
swelled
swelled head (current term)
swellegant
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swellfish
swellfishes
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swellheadedness
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swelling soil
swellingly

Literary usage of Swelled head

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Key of the Blue Closet by William Robertson Nicoll (1906)
"CHAPTER X swelled head swelled head is certainly one of the maladies of youth. It is the consequence of a sudden success, great or small. ..."

2. Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn by Henry Ford (1922)
"If we were to be very strict about words, we should perhaps say that the term "swelled head" was hardly descriptive. If the head of the patient actually ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"In American slang, a man is said to suffer from the big head or swelled head when he has an immense idea of his own importance. The phrase probably arose on ..."

4. Sheep Husbandry: With an Account of the Different Breeds, and General by Henry Stephens Randall (1856)
"swelled head THE BRAIN. between the eyes : too great width of forehead is an invariable proof of inaptitude to fatten, at least externally. ..."

5. The Key of the Blue Closet by William Robertson Nicoll (1906)
"CHAPTER X swelled head swelled head is certainly one of the maladies of youth. It is the consequence of a sudden success, great or small. ..."

6. Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn by Henry Ford (1922)
"If we were to be very strict about words, we should perhaps say that the term "swelled head" was hardly descriptive. If the head of the patient actually ..."

7. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"In American slang, a man is said to suffer from the big head or swelled head when he has an immense idea of his own importance. The phrase probably arose on ..."

8. Sheep Husbandry: With an Account of the Different Breeds, and General by Henry Stephens Randall (1856)
"swelled head THE BRAIN. between the eyes : too great width of forehead is an invariable proof of inaptitude to fatten, at least externally. ..."

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