Inflated

a.	1.	Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
	2.	Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. - Cowper.
	3.	(Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
	4.	Distended or enlarged fictitiously or without due cause; as, inflated prices; inflated expectations, etc.

Adj.	1.	inflated - enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style" Synonyms: hyperbolic, exaggerated
	2.	inflated - expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon" Antonyms: deflated - collapsed through the release of gas or air
	3.	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" Synonyms: high-flown, high-sounding
	4.	inflated - increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated economy" Synonyms: raised

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