'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]
Synonyms of 'inflated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerated,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- augmented,
- aureate,
- ballyhooed,
- beefed-up,
- big,
- bloated,
- blown up,
- bombastic,
- boosted,
- broadened,
- cocky,
- conceited,
- deepened,
- diffuse,
- dilated,
- disproportionate,
- distended,
- dropsical,
- edematous,
- egotistic,
- elevated,
- enchymatous,
- enhanced,
- enlarged,
- exaggerated,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- expanded,
- extended,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fat,
- flatulent,
- flowery,
- formal,
- fustian,
- gassy,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- heightened,
- high-flown,
- high-swelling,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- hiked,
- hyperbolic,
- immodest,
- incrassate,
- increased,
- inordinate,
- intensified,
- jazzed up,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- mouthy,
- multiplied,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- overblown,
- overdone,
- overdrawn,
- overemphasized,
- overemphatic,
- overestimated,
- overgreat,
- overlarge,
- overpraised,
- oversold,
- overstated,
- overstressed,
- overwrought,
- plethoric,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- proliferated,
- prolix,
- puffed,
- puffed up,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- raised,
- ranting,
- reinforced,
- rhapsodical,
- rhetorical,
- self-important,
- showy,
- smug,
- solemn,
- spread,
- stiffened,
- stilted,
- strengthened,
- stretched,
- stuffy,
- superlative,
- swelled,
- swelled-headed,
- swollen,
- tall,
- tightened,
- touted,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgescent,
- turgid,
- vain,
- ventose,
- verbose,
- widened,
- windy,
- wordy