Bigheaded
Bigheaded adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Usage example: she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award
Overweening and bigheaded are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overweening" instead an adjective "Bigheaded".
Overweening
Overweening adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Usage example: a director who has little patience for overweening actors who think they are above taking advice and criticism
Bigheaded and overweening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bigheaded" instead an adjective "Overweening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lofty and bigheaded
- lofty and overweening
- self-important and bigheaded
- self-important and overweening
- insolent and bigheaded
- insolent and overweening
- snotty and bigheaded
- snotty and overweening
- haughty and bigheaded
- haughty and overweening
- snooty and bigheaded
- snooty and overweening
- pompous and bigheaded
- pompous and overweening
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