adj. Function: adjective
swollen with or as if with something insubstantial FF1C; had an inflated idea of his own importance FF1E;
Synonyms: dropsical, dropsied, flatulent, overblown, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy
Related Words: aureate, bombastic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical; ostentatious, pretentious, showy; fustian, ranting, rhapsodical; diffuse, prolix, verbose, wordy
Contrasted Words: compendious, concise, laconic, pithy, succinct, summary, terse