bighead
Definition
Noun: 1. An exaggerated sense of one's own importance or ability; conceit: A state of being overly proud or arrogant. 2. Any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck: A term used in veterinary medicine for conditions causing swelling in these areas.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Conceit):
- His recent promotion gave him a terrible bighead; he won't listen to anyone's advice anymore.
- Don't get a bighead just because you won one game.
- Noun (Animal Disease):
- The farmer treated the sheep for bighead, a condition caused by a mineral deficiency.
- Veterinarians warn that bighead in horses can be a serious ailment.
Advanced Usage
- "To have a bighead": To be conceited or arrogant.
- She's started to have a bighead since she became the team captain.
- "To give someone a bighead": To cause someone to become conceited, often through excessive praise.
- All that flattery is going to give him a bighead.
Variants and Related Words
- Bigheaded (adjective): Conceited, arrogant.
- He became so bigheaded after his success.
- Bigheadedness (noun): The quality of being conceited.
- Her bigheadedness made her unpopular with her colleagues.
Synonyms
- Conceit: Excessive pride in oneself.
- Arrogance: An attitude of superiority and self-importance.
- Egotism: The practice of talking and thinking about oneself excessively.
- Swollen head (idiom): A state of being conceited.
Antonyms
- Humility: A modest view of one's own importance.
- Modesty: The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities.
Related Idioms
- "To have a swelled/big head": Synonymous with "to have a bighead"; to be conceited.
- All that praise from the media has given him a swelled head.
Noun
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any of various diseases of animals characterized by edema of the head and neck
