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Noun: swelled head
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. An exaggerated opinion of your own importance
    "After winning the award, he developed a swelled head and became difficult to work with";
    - egotism, self-importance

Derived forms: swelled heads

Type of: conceit, conceitedness, vanity