Synonyms:
conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
Meaning: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
Usage examples
The snows had melted, and all the streams were swollen.
In the spring the Fraser rolled to the sea a swollen flood.
Sometimes the parotid glands are swollen, as in human mumps.
His head felt swollen and enormous, on the point of bursting wide.
Then he shot into a creek, swollen by the flood, and went over his head.
His swollen face was sad and ashamed as he sat on a fallen log and watched the dance.
His right hand and arm, the side of his neck and face were horribly swollen and livid.
A smile lighted up her face that was swollen with weeping, and her eyes shone in the half darkness.
Beneath me lay my corpse, with the arrow in my temple, the whole head greatly swollen and disfigured.
Her eyes were red and swollen; and it seemed as if her tears were even then restrained with difficulty.