swellheadedness
Excessive self-regard
Swellheadedness is the quality of being conceited or excessively proud of oneself.
The image is of a head literally swelling from inflated self-importance.
The word carries a folksy, mildly mocking tone: His swellheadedness after the promotion made him insufferable.
Related to swellhead and swellheaded.
Excessive regard for oneself
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
self-love · narcissism · self-aggrandizement · vainglory · self-worship · self-centeredness · overconfidence · self-congratulation
Grooming with vanity
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- primpingFussing over appearance
- self-regardOne's opinion of oneself
Exaggerated sense of importance
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
- pontificationOpinionated lengthy speech
airs · affectation · stuffiness · self-importance · bloviating · grandiloquence · magniloquence · ornateness
Ruinous excessive confidence
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- imperiousnessDomineering, superior demeanor
- high-handednessDomineering disregard for others
contemptuousness · disdain · aloofness · insolence · overbearingness · domineering · loftiness · condescension
Vain, empty self-promotion
- boastingExcessive self-praise
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
grandstanding · showing off · name-dropping · self-promotion · swagger · crowing · gloating · trumpeting
self-admiration
Excessive regard for oneself
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
smugness · self-love · narcissism · self-aggrandizement · vainglory · self-worship · self-centeredness · overconfidence · self-congratulation · self-regard
preening
Grooming with vanity
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- primpingFussing over appearance
self-regard · vainglorious · self-absorbed · superficiality · peacocking
grandiosity
Exaggerated sense of importance
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- ostentationVulgar flaunting of means
pontification · airs · affectation · stuffiness · self-importance · bloviating · grandiloquence · magniloquence · ornateness · windbag
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- imperiousnessDomineering, superior demeanor
high-handedness · contemptuousness · disdain · aloofness · insolence · overbearingness · domineering · loftiness · condescension · dismissiveness
braggadocio
Vain, empty self-promotion
bravado · grandstanding · showing off · name-dropping · self-promotion · swagger · crowing · gloating · trumpeting · big talk
swellheadednesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · self-effacement · meekness · unpretentiousness
head, swell, swelling, swelled, swells, swellhead, swellheaded