swelled head
Pride gone overboard
A swelled head is an inflated sense of one's own importance, usually resulting from recent success or praise.
Someone with a swelled head has let accomplishment go to their head: Don't let one good game give you a swelled head.
The related adjective is swellheaded.
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- high-and-mightyCondescendingly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
cocky · uppity · snobbish · imperious · supercilious · condescending · disdainful · lordly
Excessive admiration of oneself
- self-absorptionPreoccupation with oneself
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- self-obsessionFixation on oneself
- egomaniacOne obsessed with themselves
egotist · self-worship · grandiosity · hubris · self-aggrandizement · megalomaniac · self-admiration · overconfidence
Excessive self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
showoff · self-promotion · grandstanding · name-dropping · crowing · trumpeting · strutting · preening
Excessively proud or futile
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- primpingFussing over appearance
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- high-and-mightyCondescendingly self-important
self-important · cocky · uppity · snobbish · imperious · supercilious · condescending · disdainful · lordly · high-handed
narcissism
Excessive admiration of oneself
- self-absorptionPreoccupation with oneself
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- self-obsessionFixation on oneself
egomaniac · egotist · self-worship · grandiosity · hubris · self-aggrandizement · megalomaniac · self-admiration · overconfidence · self-exaltation
bragging
Excessive self-praise
- braggartOne who flaunts achievements
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
blowhard · showoff · self-promotion · grandstanding · name-dropping · crowing · trumpeting · strutting · preening · showing off
vain
Excessively proud or futile
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- primpingFussing over appearance
self-love · narcissistic · self-regard · self-flattery · peacocking
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
- arrogancearrogant, pompous, vain, haughty, egotistical
- audacityboldness, brazenness, audacity, chutzpah, gall
- ego termsbig ego, bruised ego, ego boost, ego trip, fragile ego
swelled headhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-deprecation · meekness · self-doubt · low self-esteem
swelled headunassuming
Not making claims
modest · self-effacing · down-to-earth · groundedness · unpretentious