keep arms length (verb) fend off: keep at bay
Sinonime: arrogant,
big, big-headed, bombastic,
cocky, conceited, crowing,
egotistic,
egotistical,
exultant, full of hot air, hifalutin, hot stuff, know-it-all, loudmouth, on ego trip,
pompous, pretentious, puffed-up, self-aggrandizing, self-applauding, smart-alecky, snooty, strutting, stuck-up, swaggering,
swanky, swollen-headed, too big for one's britches, vainglorious, vaunting, windbag
Antonime: deprecating,
modest