be inflated or distended
1Inflated — In*flat ed, a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. [1913 Webster] 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. [1913 Webster] Inflated and astrut with self conceit.… …
2distended — index inflated (enlarged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3distended — [adj] swollen bloated, bulging, enlarged, expanded, inflated, puffed out, puffy, stretched, tumescent, tumid, turgid; concept 485 …
4inflated — I (bombastic) adjective altiloquent, altisonant, artificial, declamatory, flatulent, fustian, grandiloquent, high flown, high sounding, inflatus, magniloquent, mouthy, oratorical, ostentatious, overblown, pedantic, pompous, pretentious,… …
5inflated — [adj] exaggerated aggrandized, amplified, augmented, aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, dilated, distended, dropsical, enlarged, euphuistic, extended, filled, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magnified, magniloquent,… …
6inflated — adjective Date: 1652 1. elaborated or heightened by artificial or empty means < an inflated style of writing > 2. distended with air or gas 3. expanded to an abnormal or unjustifiable volume or level < inflated prices > 4. being hollow and… …
7inflated — adj. [L. inflatus, inflated] 1. Expanded; distended. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Applied to shells swollen, increased unduly, distended; ventricose …
8inflated — adjective 1) an inflated balloon Syn: blown up, aerated, filled, puffed up/out, pumped up; distended, expanded, engorged, swollen 2) inflated prices Syn: high, sky high, excessive …
9inflated — inflatedly, adv. inflatedness, n. /in flay tid/, adj. 1. distended with air or gas; swollen. 2. puffed up, as with pride. 3. turgid or bombastic: his inflated prose. 4. unduly increased in level: inflated costs. 5. Econ. unduly expanded in amount …
10inflated — in•flat•ed [[t]ɪnˈfleɪ tɪd[/t]] adj. 1) distended with air or gas; swollen 2) puffed up, as with pride 3) turgid or bombastic: inflated prose[/ex] 4) unduly increased in level or amount: inflated costs[/ex] 5) bot Bot. hollow and enlarged or… …
