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inflated

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in·flat·ed  (n-fltd)
adj.
1. Filled or expanded by or as if by gas or air.
2. Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen: an inflated estimate; an inflated ego.
3. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic.
4. Raised or expanded to abnormal levels: an inflated economy; inflated wages.
5. Hollow and enlarged: an inflated calyx.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inflated - enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style"
increased - made greater in size or amount or degree
2.inflated - 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"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

inflated
Translations
inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] adj [tyre etc] → inflado; [price, self-esteem etc] → exagerado
inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] adj [style] → enflé(e); [value] → exagéré(e)
inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] inflate adj (value, price) → überhöht
inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] adj [style] → gonfio/a; [value] → esagerato/a


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Nor have there been wanting learned exegetists who have opined that the whale mentioned in the book of Jonah merely meant a life-preserver --an inflated bag of wind --which the endangered prophet swam to, and so was saved from a watery doom.
This so inflated them that they did various dodgy things to get staying up still longer, such as demanding bandages; but Wendy, though glorying in having them all home again safe and sound, was scandalised by the lateness of the hour, and cried, "To bed, to bed," in a voice that had to be obeyed.
If it is to be done in the way I propose, make your mind easy -- Wragge, inflated by Joyce, is the man to do it.
 
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