big-headed

big-headed
ADJ-GRADED (disapproval)
If you describe someone as big-headed, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.

What an arrogant, big-headed man, thought Gladys.

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  • big-headed — big head|ed [ˌbıgˈhedıd] adj informal someone who is big headed thinks they are very important, clever etc used to show disapproval > big head n see usage note ↑proud …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • big-headed — British, American & Australian a big head someone who believes that they are very clever or very good at an activity and who thinks that other people should admire them. Mary s got so big headed since she won the geography prize …   New idioms dictionary

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  • Big-headed Mole Rat — Taxobox name = Big headed Mole Rat status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Spalacidae genus = Tachyoryctes species = T. macrocephalus binomial = Tachyoryctes… …   Wikipedia

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