Learn English – One word for the “feeling one has after acquiring the habit of being flattered” (भाव खाना)

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There is a teacher in our school who never approves something unless she is buttered up or flattered. I want to know if there is any word that describes the feeling one has after being flattered.

I am looking for an apt translation of the Hindi bhaw khana (भाव खाना).

Best Answer

One may get a swollen-head. (informal)

If someone has a swollen head, that person thinks they are more intelligent and more important than they really are:

From the web:

  • "Don't compliment him any more, or he'll get a swollen head."

  • "China has become swollen-headed because the US has obligations to it that add up to $13 billion."

  • "Don't give her any more compliments; her head is going to swell."
  • "He really has a swollen head after he won the singing competition."
  • "I wouldn't want you to get a swollen head by telling you that you're gorgeous."
  • "He got a swollen head since he won a prize for his poetry."
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