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inflatedadjective extended beyond normal or realistic boundshe's been walking around with an inflated ego every since he got the promotion bloated, exaggerated, hyperbolized, outsize(also outsized), overblown, overdrawn, overweening elaborated, embellished, embroidered, enlarged, hyped-up, magnified, overdone, overemphasized, overplayed, overstated, padded, stretchedgrandiose, preposterous, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable realistic, reasonable inflatedverbpast tense of inflateto make greater in size, amount, or numberCheck that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure. Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent. blew up, dilated, distendedaeratedaccelerated, added (to), aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, built up, compounded, enlarged, escalated, expanded, extended, hyped, increased, multiplied, pumped up, raised, stoked, supersized, swelled, uppedhiked, jacked (up), lifted, raised, uppedboomed, jumped, skyrocketed, spikedbumped (up), ratcheted (up)also racheted (up)drew out, elongated, fleshed (out), lengthened, prolonged, protracted, stretcheddeveloped, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedcomplemented, supplementedbeefed (up), reinforced(also reenforced), strengthenedmaximizedaccumulated, amassed, collectedfollowed up, parlayed compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedabated, decreased, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, lessened, lowered, minified, reduced, subtracted (from)abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, shortenedcut back, retrenched to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberAirbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact. blew up, bulked, distended, puffed (up)accelerated, accumulated, appreciated, ballooned, boomed, built up, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), climbed, enlarged, escalated, expanded, gained, increased, mounted, multiplied, mushroomed, proliferated, rolled up, rose, snowballed, spread, swelled, waxedjumped, rocketed, skyrocketed, surgedheightened, intensified, redoubledcrescendoed, crested, peaked contracted, decreased, diminished, dwindled, lessened, receded, wanedcompressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, shrank(or shrunk) in 1652 |