: overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
felt bloated from eating too much
a bloated body
—often used figuratively to describe something as having grown excessively largea bloated budget
a bloated bureaucracy
Synonyms
Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
Recent Examples on the Web
Hubert points out that bloated code offers giant attack surfaces for bad actors.
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IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Jeep has cut production to tame bloated inventories.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
Turns out, even just a little bit of exercise can indeed help break up that bloated feeling: A post-meal stroll kick-starts digestion.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
Parts of the lawn remained permanently bloated with moisture.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
Stagnant, bloated, and increasingly overpriced since new ownership.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2024
The government has become so bloated that office buildings in DC have become breeding grounds for bureaucrats’ personal agendas at our expense.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
Bit by bit, the product became increasingly bloated, and, as often happens, the monthly bill started creeping higher.
—Drew Chapin, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Blocks away, Karenni Nationalities Defense Force rebels were patrolling streets littered with shell casings and artillery fragments, and the bloated bodies of dead soldiers floated in a canal bordering Loikaw University.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
Jeep has cut production to tame bloated inventories.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
Turns out, even just a little bit of exercise can indeed help break up that bloated feeling: A post-meal stroll kick-starts digestion.
—Lizzy Briskin, SELF, 29 Mar. 2024
Parts of the lawn remained permanently bloated with moisture.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
Stagnant, bloated, and increasingly overpriced since new ownership.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2024
The government has become so bloated that office buildings in DC have become breeding grounds for bureaucrats’ personal agendas at our expense.
—Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
Bit by bit, the product became increasingly bloated, and, as often happens, the monthly bill started creeping higher.
—Drew Chapin, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Blocks away, Karenni Nationalities Defense Force rebels were patrolling streets littered with shell casings and artillery fragments, and the bloated bodies of dead soldiers floated in a canal bordering Loikaw University.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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