: 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
Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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Secretary Kennedy’s announcement of a shake-up at the Department of Health and Human Services spotlights the need for major reform at the bloated agency.
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Ryan Long, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Nets general manager Sean Marks does have a history of throwing bloated offer sheets at restricted free agents, which should have the Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers nervous about Kuminga, Giddey and Grimes, respectively.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The exception is boss fights, due to their bloated health.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
No bloated open-world maps A problem that's been plaguing some modern action RPGs has been world maps that are simply too big.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Long, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
Nets general manager Sean Marks does have a history of throwing bloated offer sheets at restricted free agents, which should have the Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers nervous about Kuminga, Giddey and Grimes, respectively.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The exception is boss fights, due to their bloated health.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
No bloated open-world maps A problem that's been plaguing some modern action RPGs has been world maps that are simply too big.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloated
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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