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dilated

ADJECTIVE

enlarged

Synonyms

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expanded extended inflated intensified magnified swollen

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aggrandized amplified augmented broadened caricatured developed distended elaborated exaggerated lengthened spread stretched widened

WEAK

added to blown up filled out tumid turgid

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compressed contracted shrunken

WEAK

reduced

ADJECTIVE

inflated

Synonyms

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bloated magnified overblown swollen

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aggrandized amplified augmented diffuse distended enlarged extended filled grown overestimated puffed ranting spread stretched surcharged

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aureate bombastic dropsical euphuistic flatulent flowery fustian grandiloquent hot-air magniloquent ostentatious pompous pretentious prolix pumped-up rhapsodical rhetorical showy tumescent tumid turgid verbose windy wordy

Antonyms

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shrunken

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abbreviated abridged compressed contracted reduced

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deflated

ADJECTIVE

wide

Synonyms

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ample broad deep expanded extensive far-reaching full immense large loose spacious vast

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advanced all-inclusive baggy capacious catholic commodious comprehensive distended encyclopedic far-ranging general inclusive large-scale liberal open outspread outstretched radical scopic splay squat sweeping tolerant universal voluminous

Antonyms

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limited little miniature narrow restricted small tiny

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cramped straight

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About 35 minutes in, Lamphere’s vitals started spiking; her heart rate quickened, she grew hot, her pupils dilated, she began grinding her teeth.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

Then he looked into his eyes, which appeared dilated, and saw that his face was purple.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

After a heart scan, Joey said clinicians diagnosed him with steroid-induced dilated cardiomyopathy - a condition that causes the heart to enlarge and weaken, making it difficult to pump blood.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

Importantly, the researchers also developed a polygenic risk score to assess a person's likelihood of developing dilated cardiomyopathy based on the many small effects of these genes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

My heart dilated at the prospect of travel through the streets of the town.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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