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Synonyms for inflated
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-fley-tid |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfleɪ tɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for inflated Other synonyms for the word inflated
- aureate
- bombastic
- dropsical
- enlarged
- euphuistic
- extended
- filled
- flatulent
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grown
- magniloquent
- ostentatious
- overestimated
- pompous
- pretentious
- prolix
- puffed
- pumped up
- ranting
- rhapsodical
- rhetorical
- showy
- spread
- stretched
- surcharged
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- verbose
- windy
- wordy
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for inflated
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