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inflated adjective 1. raised, high, increased, enormous, unfair, excessive, exaggerated, extravagant, unreasonable, sky-high, inordinate, immoderate They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store. 3. exaggerated, excessive, swollen, amplified, hyped, exalted, overblown They had an inflated idea of how good they were. 4. elaborate, involved, fancy, detailed, complex, complicated, decorated, extravagant, ornamented, high-flown, ornate, fussy, showy, ostentatious, bombastic, hyperbolic, grandiloquent Some of the most inflated prose is held up for ridicule. Translations inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] ADJ 1. [tyre, balloon] → inflado, hinchado(Sp) inflated with pride (fig) → henchido de orgullo, envanecido 2. (= exaggerated) [price, salary] → inflado; [report] → exagerado; [language] → altisonante, rimbombante he has an inflated ego → se cree muy importante inflated adj (lit) (with pump) → aufgepumpt; (by mouth) → aufgeblasen (fig) price, salary → überhöht; pride → übersteigert, übertrieben; ego → übersteigert; style, rhetoric → geschwollen, hochtrabend; to have an inflated opinion of oneself → ein übertriebenes Selbstbewusstsein haben inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] adj (price, fee) → gonfiato/a; (idea, opinion, value) → esagerato/a, gonfiato/a; (style, language) → ampolloso/a; (tyre) → gonfio/a inflated [ɪnˈfleɪtɪd] adj (price, fee) → gonfiato/a; (idea, opinion, value) → esagerato/a, gonfiato/a; (style, language) → ampolloso/a; (tyre) → gonfio/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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