swollen

Examples

• All

• Just that he was a swollen headed stiff, huh?

  Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

• According to Buber, in our time the "I" of the self has become "gigantically swollen" and is thus unable to recognize its own real nature.

  Academic text (2011)

• The ego gets swollen, and it's so hungry for victory that you tend to make mistakes.

  Academic text (2007)

• Today's episode features a man who is swollen with joy.

• But I find the swollen sense of entitlement of some Redditors to be distasteful.

  Blog text (19)

• And at the court gate hang the peasant up, who, swollen with the venom of ambitious pride, will be the ruin of the realm.

  Edward II (1991)

• His swollen ego made it difficult for him to accept any feedback at work.

• She walked around with a swollen sense of pride after winning the award.

• The politician, swollen with ambition, often boasted about his achievements.

Synonyms

A

arrogant

vsswollen

260 4.5

Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people

is about excess pride but not always overbearing or disrespectful

V

vain

vsswollen

52 3.8

Thinking you are more attractive or important than others

covers general self-importance not only appearance or looks

C

conceited

vsswollen

24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

focuses on exaggerated self-importance in a person's attitude

E

egotistical

vsswollen

• Offensive

24 6.6

Seeing yourself as much more important than other people

is about excess pride but less focused on being self-centered

T

too big for one's britches

vsswollen

• Informal

3 9.1

Acting more important than you really are

is about exaggerated self-importance generally not only acting above status

O

overweening

vsswollen

• Formal

2 9.8

Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you

is strong too but usually less unrestrained or extreme

E

egotistic

vsswollen

• Offensive

1 7.2

Thinking you are more important than other people

is broader, describing excess pride without always being self-centered

B

bumptious

vsswollen

1 9.9

Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people

is about exaggerated self-importance without needing offensive assertiveness

B

bigheaded

vsswollen

• Offensive

1 6.7

Thinking you are better than other people and acting proud

is the general adjective for exaggerated self-importance

I

inflated

vsswollen

1 4.9

Looks bigger or more important than it really is

is limited to people and their attitudes rather than to things or claims

T

too big for one's breeches

vsswollen

• UK

1 8.8

Acting too proud and thinking you are better than others

expresses excess pride in general rather than just presuming superiority

S

swelled

vsswollen

• Offensive

8.0

Being too proud and acting like you are better than others

also applies to a person's attitude as well as the person

S

swollen-headed

vsswollen

• Offensive

8.0

Thinking you are much more important than other people

covers both personal pride and the attitude behind it

S

self-conceited

vsswollen

7.7

Thinking you are better than other people

is about general exaggerated self-importance beyond just worth or ability

F

full of oneself

vsswollen

• Informal

6.9

Thinking you are better than other people

is similar but focuses on self-importance generally not only ability

Antonyms

H

humble

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

M

modest

81 2.7

Not thinking you are better than others and not boasting

How Conceited

haughty

14 8.1

arrogant

260 4.5

swollen

• Offensive

4 5.6

self-important

13 5.8

proud

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology