bloated

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adjective

bloat·​ed ˈblō-təd 

: 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 large

a bloated budget

a bloated bureaucracy

bloated

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past tense and past participle of bloat entry 2

Synonyms of bloated

Adjective

• inflated
• exaggerated

Examples of bloated in a Sentence

Adjective

I felt bloated from eating too much.

a bloated sense of his own importance

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Overrun with puzzling plot points, several cameos and a bloated supporting cast, the series fails to stick the landing. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

With this potential even more poisonous investments in the bloated and indebted Paramount behemoth, there’s even more reason to reject it. — Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

DeSantis and others in the Legislature who support the amendment say that local governments’ budgets are over-bloated. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

At the exact same time, young, upstart groups like the Ramones and the Clash were forming in response to the corporatization of rock, the bloated egos of its biggest stars, and the excesses of prog with the back-to-basics minimalism of punk. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1656, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bloated

• coated
• doted
• floated
• foetid
• gloated
• moated
• noted
• proteid
• quoted
• throated
• voted
• creosoted