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inflated::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hyperbolic |
inflated::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | high-flown, high-sounding |
Examples of inflated
inflated
The balloon is then inflated to compress the plaque that is blocking the artery.
From the sciencedaily.com
Be sure that tires are inflated to recommended pressure, and replace worn tires.
From the ocregister.com
Then it went around buying group after group, often for vastly inflated amounts.
From the holdthefrontpage.co.uk
One of the officers obtained a pump and inflated her flat tire, Washington said.
From the washingtonpost.com
Once done, the water-inflated dam is expected to protect the island's shoreline.
From the dispatch.com
The bursting of a bubble as vastly inflated as Japan's was always going to hurt.
From the economist.com
The surge in software spending has therefore inflated America's relative growth.
From the economist.com
It's often someone who doesn't know whether a basketball is inflated or stuffed.
From the sacbee.com
Yet a few skim client refunds, charge inflated fees or promise inflated refunds.
From the forbes.com
- Hyperbolic: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style"
- High-flown: pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
- (inflate) exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
- (inflate) fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
- (inflate) cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"
- (Inflating) In computer science, in the context of data storage and transmission, serialization is the process of converting a data structure or object into a sequence of bits so that it can be stored in a file or memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link to be "resurrected" ...
- Filled with air or fluid; Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc; : In a state of higher cost; Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego); Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show; Higher that the true figure
- (inflate) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally; To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas)
- Inflated, like a balloon. Not flat. I don't know how else to describe this word.
