What does inflated mean?

Definitions for inflated
ɪnˈfleɪ tɪdin·flat·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hyperbolic, inflatedadjective

    enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

    "a hyperbolic style"

  2. high-flown, high-sounding, inflatedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. inflatedadjective

    Filled with air or fluid

    The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.

  2. inflatedadjective

    Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.

    His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.

  3. inflatedadjective

    In a state of higher cost.

    His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.

  4. inflatedadjective

    Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)

  5. inflatedadjective

    Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show

    The inflated speech did not impress the audience.

  6. inflatedadjective

    Higher that the true figure

    inflated incidence figures

ChatGPT

  1. inflated

    Inflated generally refers to the condition of being expanded, increased or enlarged beyond normal levels. This could refer to physical objects like balloons being filled with gas, but often it is used metaphorically to refer to things like prices, egos, or statistics being increased excessively or beyond their actual value. It could also mean misrepresented or exaggerated.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inflated

    of Inflate

  2. Inflatedadjective

    filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas

  3. Inflatedadjective

    turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style

  4. Inflatedadjective

    hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp

  5. Inflatedadjective

    distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc

Entomology

  1. Inflated

    blown up; distended bladder-like.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inflated in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inflated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of inflated in a Sentence

  1. Karen Clay:

    I just feel crushed. I don't know how else to explain it, it's like, there's got to be more. ... We had inflated Mueller into this giant balloon and now it's like all the air has come out and I don't know how I feel. I just, I just feel deflated and defeated.

  2. Aaron Levie:

    People are starting to realize that in the private market it's not always better, particularly with inflated valuations, atlassian is certainly going to bring that conversation to the forefront again.

  3. Debra Burlingame:

    It’s unfortunate because we’re coming up in the 20th anniversary, there are a lot of young people who have no living memory of 9/11 … When you have all these comparisons and analogies, which are inflated and ridiculous, it minimizes what actually happened, and that’s what’s happening here. It’s a deliberate ploy.

  4. Pat Shozo:

    Everything's so inflated, it's actually absurd.

  5. Deminor Recovery Services:

    The misinformation led to a significant overstatement of profits and hence to an artificially inflated share price during the relevant period.

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