'Inflated' definitions:

Definition of 'inflated'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style" [syn: hyperbolic, inflated]
adjective
Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" [syn: high-flown, high-sounding, inflated]

Definition of 'Inflated'

From: GCIDE
  • Inflated \In*flat"ed\, a.
  • 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. [1913 Webster]
  • Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. --Martyn. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Inflated'

From: GCIDE
  • Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflating.]
  • 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. [1913 Webster]
  • When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of Amwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. [1913 Webster]
  • Inflate themselves with some insane delight. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'inflated'

From: GCIDE
  • expanded \expanded\ adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of contracted. [Narrower terms: blown-up, enlarged; dilated; distended, swollen; inflated] [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Contrasted with condensed.
  • Syn: extended. [WordNet 1.5]