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Meanings of swelled head in inglés

español
egotismo

An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.

egotismo
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Examples for "egotism"
Examples for "egotism"
1
Then it was that in the stupidity of his egotism he said:
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
2
Henceforth, you will no longer live in the selfish egotism of solitude.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
3
Carew was all in all: his devouring egotism swallowed up historical association.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
4
At least a bank manager's money is not so tainted by egotism.
Travels With My Aunt
5
Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself.
The Masquerader
1
In Ms Halonen's case, the informality incorporates feminist impatience with male self-importance.
The Irish Times
2
It took just a moment for his illusion of self-importance to collapse.
Existence
3
You have no idea of the extent of her vanity, her self-importance.
Into the Water
4
Even in his sleep he still had a comical expression of self-importance.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
5
The Squid & the Whale was mildly appalled by its characters' self-importance.
The Irish Times
Usage of swelled head in inglés
1
The Figures acknowledge the applause in an obvious condition of swelled head.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
2
Nice little dude, with a swelled head, but popular with the ladies.
Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
3
Suffers from swelled head, which is part of their plan, of course.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
4
I don't want you to feel that I've got a swelled head.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
5
Very level-headed man is Mr. Samuel Lambert; no frills and no swelled head.
A Gentleman's Gentleman / 1909
6
I'd be having the swelled head if I could find that.
Freckles
7
It is true, as a nation, they have something of a swelled head.
On the Fringe of the Great Fight
8
He's a very ordinary fellow, with a rich father and a swelled head.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
9
We would rather get a dose of the mange than a swelled head.
Independent.ie
10
I would risk the malady you call the ' swelled head.'
One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame
11
People who have braved the ordeal, and emerged successfully, go about with swelled head.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
12
They merely pronounced him a bore with a swelled head.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
13
Mrs. Pennycoop, it was feared, might be getting a swelled head over this matter.
The Cost of Kindness
14
It's swelled head, my dear chap; that's what it is.
The Red Planet
15
He probably feared it would give you a swelled head.
Bones of the Dragon
16
Either they get the highbrow, and become bores, or the swelled head, and become cads.
The Cow Puncher
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