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puffed up
adjective
uk /ˌpʌft ˈʌp/ us /ˌpʌft ˈʌp/
too pleased or satisfied about something that you have achieved: 膨胀，傲慢，自负
I was so puffed up with pride that I thought I could do it my way and make up my rules.我自以为是，以为可以按照自己的方式去做，制定自己的规则。
He has a puffed up sense of his own importance.他对自己的重要性非常自负。
He is all puffed up because he has learned a new word.
Jack Dee played an ambitious, puffed up second-ranking minister with his eyes on the top table.
If she comes back with a puffed up ego there will be problems.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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