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inflated   (TTS Sound)

The verb inflate has 5 senses

• inflate, blow up, expand, amplify -- (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated")


• inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")


• inflate -- (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")


• inflate -- (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency")


• balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")

The adj inflated has 2 senses

• hyperbolic, inflated -- (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style")


• high-flown, high-sounding, inflated -- (pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution")