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  • 21inflated — in•flat•ed [[t]ɪnˈfleɪ tɪd[/t]] adj. 1) distended with air or gas; swollen 2) puffed up, as with pride 3) turgid or bombastic: inflated prose[/ex] 4) unduly increased in level or amount: inflated costs[/ex] 5) bot Bot. hollow and enlarged or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22inflated — /ɪnˈfleɪtəd/ (say in flaytuhd) adjective 1. distended with air or gas; swollen. 2. puffed up, as with pride. 3. turgid or bombastic, as language. 4. resulting from inflation: inflated values of land. 5. unduly expanded, as currency. 6. Botany… …

  • 23inflated — /ɪn fleɪtɪd/ adjective ♦ inflated prices prices which are increased without any reason ● Tourists don’t want to pay inflated London prices …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 24Inflated — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25inflated — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26inflated — adj. [L. inflatus, inflated] 1. Expanded; distended. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Applied to shells swollen, increased unduly, distended; ventricose …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 27inflated — swollen or expanded; said of anatomical structures …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 28inflated worm method — in angling, inserting an air bubble into a worm with a hypodermic needle …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 29inflated — Synonyms and related words: accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, aureate, ballyhooed, beefed up, big, bloated, blown up, bombastic, boosted, broadened, cocky, conceited, deepened, diffuse, dilated, disproportionate, distended,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30inflated — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, swollen, puffed, puffed up, extended, filled, grown, stretched, dilated, spread, enlarged, amplified, augmented, pumped up, overblown, blown up, exaggerated, exalted, bloated, full, crammed, aggrandized,… …

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