adjective
swollen with or as if with something insubstantial
had an inflated idea of his own importance
Synonyms: dropsical, dropsied, flatulent, overblown, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy
Related Word: 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