swollen-headed

Call it D'arcy Wretzky Syndrome: When a band member abandons his or her post for a life spent making organic cheese in the Cotswolds, a swollen-headed frontman is often at least partly to blame.

Riffs: The rock star's guide to quitting the business 2011

There is praise, but always of a qualified kind as if Turgenev, having had a whole book dedicated to him by Dessaix, must not expect to get swollen-headed about it.

The Mysteries of Russian Love « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Children ages 5-10 will relish the king's comeuppance when the wind blows the swollen-headed sovereign off the castle wall and deposits him at the maiden's feet; "Suddenly, a blast of air / exploded from his head, / along with all the haughty things / King Hugo'd ever said!"

King Hugo Meets His Match Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

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"You swollen-headed political dwarf, such a provocation will be regarded as a declaration of war!"

"You swollen-headed political dwarf, such a provocation will be regarded as a declaration of war!" ewillett 2007

And I'm the last one who wants the process handed over to critics: we're swollen-headed enough as it is.

The Emmy Problem: Is It Them? Or Is It Us? - Tuned In - TIME.com 2006

Other figures joined them: one-armed Dirty Harry, a swollen-headed woman they'd called Jean Harlow for her rags of platinum-blonde hair, and two support staff in their drab coveralls.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

Her reply came within four days, a vituperative response in which she several times used the if 'word, called him an ignorant ii swollen-headed nonentity and threatened legal action.

Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories Rendell, Ruth 2000

That, "says this swollen-headed lunatic smugly," is his true purpose, for he and his kind can know no safety while I live.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

Don't get upset by criticism - and don't get swollen-headed from praise - and keep your temper on a racecourse, all of the time.

Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971