Antonyms for inflated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-fley-tid

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfleɪ tɪd

Definition of inflated

Origin : early 15c., "cause to swell," from Latin inflatus, past participle of inflare "to blow into, inflate" (see inflation). Economics sense from 1844. In some senses a back-formation from inflation. Related: Inflatable; inflated; inflating.

adj exaggerated

Example sentences :

The stem is inflated, stuffed, rather long, tapering downward.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Of all words they may be truly said to be the most inflated with a false meaning.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

Judge Granger—that inflated, stiff-necked, egotistical bag of conceit!
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

Already, then, he used to talk of his brother in inflated terms.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

The lip in all the cypripediums is more or less sac-like and inflated.
Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson

Judy's inflated enthusiasm collapsed like a pricked balloon.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Senior Days » by Nell Speed

The leaf-sheaths are loose, inflated, hairy or rarely glabrous.
Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

In addition to this, there is a membrane in the mouth which can be inflated through the gills.
Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid

Tony, an inflated mannikin, danced on the piled-up nets and fish.
Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

I thought of the floating alligator, of its intestines—what if I inflated them?
Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for inflated

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