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

The governor highlighted that this bloated race has allowed Republican candidates Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to effectively get their messages out to more voters, given the slim race within the California GOP. —Noe Padilla, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026

The nation's naval shipbuilding program is bloated and slow, and commercial shipbuilding is near non-existent. —Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026

If politicians won’t fix bloated pensions amid credit downgrades, the bond market will force their hand. —Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026

Instead, he was focused on ginning up the myth that city and county governments were wasteful and bloated — encouraging Floridians to underestimate the impact of a giant property-tax reduction. —Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 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