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Definitions for Inflated
[1] distended with air or gas; swollen.
[2] puffed up, as with pride.
[3] turgid or bombastic: his inflated prose.
[4] unduly increased in level: inflated costs.
[5] Economics . unduly expanded in amount, value, or size; characterized by inflation.
[6] Botany . hollow and enlarged or swelled out: inflated perianth.
[7] to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
[8] to cause to expand or distend with air or gas: to inflate a balloon.
[9] to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
[10] to elate.
[11] Economics . to expand (money, prices, an economy, etc.) unduly in amount, value, or size; affect with inflation.
[12] to become inflated.
[13] to increase, especially suddenly and substantially: The $10 subscription has inflated to $25.
[14] to expand or cause to expand by filling with gas or air she needed to inflate the tyres
[15] (tr) to cause to increase excessively; puff up; swell to inflate one's opinion of oneself
[16] (tr) to cause inflation of (prices, money, etc)
[17] (tr) to raise in spirits; elate
[18] (intr) to undergo economic inflation
Words related to Inflated
bloated, swollen, overblown, grown, extended, diffuse, spread, puffed, ranting, distended, filled, stretched, augmented, aureate, bombastic, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, magniloquent
Words nearby Inflated
inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, inflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory rheumatism, inflatable, inflate, inflated, inflation, inflation theory, inflationary, inflationary gap, inflationary spiral
Origin of Inflated
1470–80; < Latin inflātus past participle of inflāre to blow on or into, puff out, equivalent to in- in-2 + flā- blow2 + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Inflated
in·flat·ed·ly , adverb
in·flat·ed·ness , noun
un·der·in·flat·ed , adjective
un·in·flat·ed , adjective
in·flat·er , in·fla·tor , noun
o·ver·in·flate , verb (used with object), o·ver·in·flat·ed, o·ver·in·flat·ing.
re·in·flate , verb, re·in·flat·ed, re·in·flat·ing.
Word origin for Inflated
C16: from Latin inflāre to blow into, from flāre to blow
Synonyms for Inflated
bloated, magnified, overblown, swollen, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, diffuse, dilated, distended, enlarged, extended, filled, grown, overestimated, puffed, ranting, spread, stretched, surcharged, aureate, bombastic, dropsical, euphuistic, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, magniloquent, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, prolix, pumped up, rhapsodical, rhetorical, showy, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy