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INFLATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
Example:
a hyperbolic style
Synonyms:
hyperbolic; inflated
Classified under:
Similar:
increased (made greater in size or amount or degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
Example:
a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
Synonyms:
high-flown; high-sounding; inflated
Classified under:
Similar:
pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb inflate
Context examples:
Next, the outer tube is moved through the small intestine to reach the end of the endoscope, and a balloon at the end of the outer tube is inflated to keep it in place.
(DBE, NCI Dictionary)
My own reading of the situation for what it is worth— he inflated his chest enormously and looked insolently around him at the words—is that evolution has advanced under the peculiar conditions of this country up to the vertebrate stage, the old types surviving and living on in company with the newer ones.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
