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Great, or greater than normal, in price
“The purpose was to prevent unscrupulous creditors from using grossly inflated fees and charges to take advantage of unwitting customers.”
Comparative for distended or expanded, typically through being filled with air or gas
“His first design used a number of thin inflated tubes inside a leather cover.”
Comparative for of exaggerated importance or value
“A report in the local journal would have its readers believe that Jennie stole the show, providing a greatly inflated description of her performance.”
Comparative for involving the use of exaggerated or flowery writing or language
“The stage figure in no way measures up to this verbal portrait of Swetnam as a producer of strangled, inflated prose.”
Comparative for very expensive in price
Comparative for much too high, especially in price
Comparative for having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities
Comparative for large in amount, level or degree
Comparative for expensive, having a high price
Comparative for having a high rank or social standing
Comparative for great, or greater than normal, in price
Comparative for wildly exaggerated or improbable
Comparative for powered by, or capable of being filled with, compressed air
Comparative for completely full or inebriated
Comparative for of the highest quality
Comparative for having a surfeit of body fat
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