Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inflated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inflated \In*flat"ed\, a.
1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a
balloon inflated with gas.
2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an
inflated style.
Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper.
3. (Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla,
nectary, or pericarp. --Martyn.
4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices,
etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate
the features, and enrage the eyes. --J. Scott of
Amwell.
2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.
Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--Tennyson.
3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
inflate the currency.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inflated
adj 1: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated
(or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic
style" [syn: {exaggerated}, {hyperbolic}]
2: expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon"
[ant: {deflated}]
3: (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the
moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation on
the means to attain social revolution" [syn: {high-flown},
{high-flying}, {high-sounding}]
4: increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices
frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated
economy" [syn: {raised(a)}]
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