Definition of Inflated

Inflated

of Inflate

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

Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.

Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

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Inflated Quotations

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
Alex Winter

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs.
Michael Badnarik

The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans.
Michael K. Simpson

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.
Don Nickles

Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
Bob Ney

I have no inflated ideas about success anyway.
Trevor Dunn

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene.
Andrew Morton

There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices.
Danny Sugerman

Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil.
Grace Darling

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Inflated Translations

inflated in Dutch is opgeschroefd
inflated in Latin is inflatus
inflated in Portuguese is inflado
inflated in Spanish is inflado

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