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Inflated Common

Inflated has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of inflate

"The balloon was inflated until it finally popped from the pressure."

Adjective
1

enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

"a hyperbolic style"

2

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"

3

Filled with air or fluid

"The soccer ball felt perfectly inflated when I kicked it against the wall."

Example Sentences
"a hyperbolic style" adjective
"high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school" adjective
"a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" adjective
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Rhyming Words
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