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Ballooned

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ballooned"

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Word	Definition
billowverb	To surge or roll in billows.
inflateverb	(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
grewverb	Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). [(intransitive, archaic except Northern England, Scotland) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.]
inflated	Filled with air or fluid
inflatingverb	(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
swelledverb	feeling self-importance
hyperinflated	Inflated to an abnormal degree.
balloon paymentnoun	(business, real estate) An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.
inflatesverb	(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
overinflated	Inflated; exaggerated
puffed up	(figuratively) Proud, presumptuous.
enlarged	expanded in scope
swollen	Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
barrage balloonnoun	(historical, military) A tethered balloon, attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low-flying enemy aircraft; used especially in World War II.
bulbous	Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
bloomedverb	the debut album by the American musician Richard Buckner.
skyrocketedverb	Suddenly and rapidly increased
bloatingnoun	A bloated condition; distention.
bloatednessnoun	The state or quality of being bloated.
burgeonedverb	(intransitive) To grow or expand.