adj. 25B6; adjective
an inflated balloon : BLOWN UP, aerated, filled, puffed up/out, pumped up; distended, expanded, engorged, swollen.
inflated prices : HIGH, sky-high, excessive, unreasonable, prohibitive, outrageous, exorbitant, extortionate; Brit. over the odds; informal steep.
an inflated opinion of himself : EXAGGERATED, magnified, aggrandized, immoderate, overblown, overstated.
inflated language : HIGH-FLOWN, extravagant, exaggerated, elaborate, flowery, ornate, overblown, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, lofty, grandiose; affected, pretentious; informal windy, highfalutin.