swelled
- adjective
- /swɛld/
- Offensive
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engreído
- His swelled ego made him unbearable to work with.
Examples
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Don’t get too swelled just because you passed the test on your first try.
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She was so swelled with pride that she barely acknowledged her teammates' efforts.
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After winning the competition, Jason became quite swelled and boasted about his achievements to everyone.
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She has a swelled sense of self-importance.
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After he received the award, he became quite swelled and often talked about his success.
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Don't let your recent accomplishments make you feel too swelled and superior to others.
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Her swelled pride was evident when she dismissed everyone else's contributions.
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
227
8.9
Someone who thinks they are much better than others
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
57
5.8
Acting more important and formal than necessary
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
24
6.6
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
13
5.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
4
5.6
A person who is too proud and thinks they are better than others
3
9.9
Bragging too much about how great you think you are
3
9.1
Acting more important than you really are
2
9.8
Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you
1
7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
1
8.4
Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions
1
7.4
Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way
1
9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
1
7.8
Talking proudly about things you have done
1
6.7
Thinking you are better than other people and acting proud
1
8.2
Showing too much pride and acting as if better than others
Thinking you are much more important than other people
Thinking you are better than other people
Believing you are better than other people and acting like it
Thinking you are better than other people
Acting more confident and important than you really are
Antonyms
Compounds
How Conceited
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word swelled comes from the verb swell, which means 'to become larger', like a balloon or a chest filling with air. So when someone is 'swelled' with pride, picture their chest getting bigger, and that image explains why swelled means 'too proud'.