inflated

Meanings

Verb

• exaggerate or make bigger
  • "The charges were inflated"
• fill with gas or air
• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  • "The war inflated the economy"
• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
• become inflated
• simple past and past participle of inflate

Adjective Satellite

• enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
• pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

Adj

• 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

Synonyms

amplify, balloon, billow, bloated, blow up, bombastic, bulging, expand, expanded, filled, high-flown, high-sounding, hyperbolic, inflate, pompous, swelled, swollen, tumid, turgid

Antonyms

deflate, deflated