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Definition of inflated : 1. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
2. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; " had an exaggerated ( or inflated) opinion of himself"; " a hyperbolic style"
3. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
4. Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
5. of Inflate
6. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.

Synonyms:

puffed, full, exalted, high-minded, rarified, idealistic, overplay, exaggerate, cramped, overblown, flatulent, noble-minded, teeming, hyperbolized, idealize, bulging, magnify, inclusive, blown-up, inflate, increase, surcharged, tumid, chargeable, pumped up, high-flown, glorify, tumescent, verbose, filled, rarefied, half-price, outsize, basic, jammed, extra, overweening, turgid, all-inclusive, high-flying, overstate, euphuistic, busy, grand, dense, sublime, crowded, packed, fustian, pompous, discounted, hyperbolic, plain, all-in, play up, aggrandized, good, crammed, talk up, dignify, congested, overestimated, puffed up, overdrawn, exaggerated

stretched, engorged, thickened, swelled, distended, spread, dilated, developed

self-applauding, self-important, arrogant, bombastic, haughty, boastful, pretentious, fat-headed, bragging, vain, conceited, vainglorious, windy, self-praising

expensive, dear, outrageous, high-priced, overpriced, overboard, uneconomical, oversold, exorbitant, extravagant, premium, unreasonable, costly, invaluable, priceless

added, expanded, enlarged, fattened, burgeoned, magnified, boosted, grew, extended, increased, multiplied, augmented, upgraded, lengthened, additional, heightened, advanced, widened, incremented, amplified, accrued, larger, maximized, raised, grown, reinforced, broadened, swollen, elevated

florid, rococo, elaborate, grandiloquent, gilded, rhetorical, flamboyant, eloquent, ponderous, baroque, opulent, high-sounding, lofty, bloated, voluble, showy, ornate, splashy, highfalutin, fancy, embellished, rich, flowery

Usage examples:

• Now we see the probable reason why the sack is inflated in some species of sedges and not in others. - "Seed Dispersal", William J. Beal.
• Hard work, night and day, over a furnace hot enough to keep the metal running like water, was more favorable to action than thought; yet here I often nailed a newspaper to the post near my bellows, and read while I was performing the up and down motion of the heavy beam by which the bellows was inflated and discharged. - "Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass", Frederick Douglass.
• Beside the door on a hook hung an inflated pressure suit, complete with gloves, boots, and helmet. - "The Man Who Staked the Stars", Charles Dye.