bloated

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adjective

bloat·​ed ˈblō-təd How to pronounce bloated (audio)
Synonyms of bloatednext
: 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

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Adjective I felt bloated from eating too much. a bloated sense of his own importance
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Decide for yourself whether that’s a bold indicator of English football’s superiority over the rest of the world, or a revolting symbol of the bloated and vulgar behemoth that the game has become. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 These companies went from being these cash-rich, asset-light, beautiful vehicles to becoming these bloated asset hogs. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 The original medical examiner is dead, so the replacement, Lisa Gavin, examined slides of Shakur’s bloated cadaver with the dispassion of a science teacher dissecting a frog. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form. — Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloated

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First Known Use

Adjective

1656, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bloated was in 1656

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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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