| Main Entry: | swelled head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflated self-opinion |
Synonyms: |
big head, cockiness, immodesty, large hat size, stuck-upness, swelled-headedness |
| Main Entry: | bigmouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a loudmouth |
Synonyms: |
bag of wind, big talker, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggart, bragger, bull artist, bull-thrower, gasbag, gossiper, grandstander, know-it-all, show-off, swelled head, trumpeter, windbag |
| Main Entry: | braggart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who talks boastingly |
Synonyms: |
bag of wind, big talker, big-timer, bigmouth, blatherskite, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, egotist, exhibitionist, gasbag, gascon, grandstander, hotshot, know-it-all, peacock, ranter, raver, show-off, strutter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swelled head, trumpeter, windbag |
| Main Entry: | conceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | egotism |
Synonyms: |
amour-propre, arrogance, complacence, complacency, consequence, immodesty, narcissism, outrecuidance, pomposity, pride, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-exaltation, self-importance, self-love, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stuffiness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vainness, vanity |
Antonyms: |
humility, meekness, modesty, self-consciousness, shyness, timidity, unself-confidence |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
Synonyms: |
airs, assumption, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vanity |
Antonyms: |
humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | vainglory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pride |
Synonyms: |
arrogance, big-headedness, boastfulness, bragging, cockiness, conceit, condescension, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, huff, overconfidence, patronage, presumption, pretension, self-importance, smugness, snobbery, strutting, swagger, swelled head, vanity |
| Main Entry: | vaunter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | braggart |
Synonyms: |
bag of wind, big talker, big-timer, bigmouth, blowhard, blusterer, boaster, brag, braggadocio, bragger, egotist, exhibitionist, gasbag, gascon, grandstander, hotshot, know-it-all, peacock, ranter, raver, show-off, strutter, swaggerer, swashbuckler, swelled head, trumpeter, windbag |
| Concept: | Pride. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Vergil]., pride; haughtiness; high notions, hauteur; vainglory, crest; arrogance (assumption)., proud man, highflier; fine gentleman, fine lady.
-verbs
be proud; put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, "bear like the Turk no rival near the throne" [Pope], carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs (assume); boast., pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself (vanity).
-adjectives
dignified; stately; proud, proud-crested; lordly, baronial; lofty-minded; highsouled, high-minded, high-mettled, high-handed, high-plumed, high-flown, high-toned., haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride., supercilious, disdainful, bumptious, magisterial, imperious, high and mighty, overweening, consequential; arrogant; unblushing., stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- laced; prim (affected)., on one's dignity, on one's high horses,on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand seigneur.
-adverbs
with head erect.
-phrases
odi profanum vulgus et arceo [Horace].
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Antonyms: |
humility |
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