INFLATED


Meaning of INFLATED in English

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

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус.