Inflated
[ɪn'fleɪtɪd] or [ɪn'fletɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Inflate
(a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
(a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.
(a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
(a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
Editor: Nell
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Distended (with air), swollen, bloated, puffed up.[2]. Tumid, turgid, bombastic, grandiloquent, stilted, declamatory, rhetorical, sophomorical, high-flown, HIGHFALUTIN.
Editor: Stacy
Examples
- Down through these, from the third floor, come the wheels, with the tires mounted and inflated to the proper pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When bicycle tires are being inflated, the pump becomes hot because of the compression of the air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Vastly over-advertised, we have mistaken an inflated fragment for the real political life of the country. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Meanwhile, the dough itself is influenced by the heat and is stiffened to such an extent that it retains its inflated shape and spongy nature. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Taking advantage of the inflated market, many of our shrewdest operators are selling short. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were naturally inflated by their sweeping unqualified successes in war, and by their rapid progress from comparative poverty to wealth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Inflated skins may have preceded the coracle, and are still used on the Euphrates and upper Ganges. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Air is forced into the tires of bicycles and automobiles until they become sufficiently inflated to insure comfort in riding. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A man with a pervading appearance on him of being inflated like a balloon, and ready to start. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Editor: Stacy