bigheads
Arrogant people's affliction
Bigheads is the plural of bighead—a person with an inflated sense of self-importance or superiority: Don't let success turn you into one of those bigheads.
The term suggests someone whose ego has swelled disproportionately, as if their head has literally grown too large.
Bigheaded is the corresponding adjective.
One who flaunts achievements
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- braggingExcessive self-praise
showoff · blowhard · windbag · loudmouth · strutting · crowing · chest-thumping · grandstanding
Obsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- self-admiringFond of oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
egotistical · self-absorbed · self-centered · egomaniacal · narcissism · vanity · self-love · self-obsessed
Excessively self-assured
- brashOffensively self-assertive
- brazenShamelessly bold
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
audacious · impudent · bold · bumptious · immodest · hubristic · self-assured · reckless
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
disdainful · overbearing · contemptuous · domineering · high-handed · patronizing · condescending · self-righteous
braggart
One who flaunts achievements
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
bragging · showoff · blowhard · windbag · loudmouth · strutting · crowing · chest-thumping · grandstanding · name-dropping
narcissistic
Obsessed with one's image
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- self-admiringFond of oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
conceited · egotistical · self-absorbed · self-centered · egomaniacal · narcissism · vanity · self-love · self-obsessed · grandiose
cocky
Excessively self-assured
- brashOffensively self-assertive
- brazenShamelessly bold
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
smug · audacious · impudent · bold · bumptious · immodest · hubristic · self-assured · reckless · foolhardy
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
snobbish · disdainful · overbearing · contemptuous · domineering · high-handed · patronizing · condescending · self-righteous · uppity