ballooned

Definitions

To swell out or expand in a spherical or rounded shape.

To increase rapidly in size, volume, or importance.

Examples

The company's debt ballooned to over ten million dollars after the failed merger.

Her anxiety ballooned as she stood backstage waiting for her name to be called.

Synonyms

expanded swelled proliferated skyrocketed mushroomed increased bloated

Antonyms

shrank contracted diminished decreased plummeted dwindled collapsed