bloated

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

Synonyms of bloated

• inflated
• exaggerated

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

His first moves prioritized deleveraging and simplification such as cutting central overhead and dismantling GE’s bloated headquarters infrastructure. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 July 2026

The extra heating deep down will also impact the future of these sub-Neptune planets, since the extra heat will keep their lower atmosphere bloated and prevent the planet from contracting over billions of years. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 July 2026

With file sizes getting ever more bloated, storage space has become a luxury these days. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026

Spending less on our already-bloated military and more on programs that help our people? — Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bloated

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