: 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
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Examples of bloated in a Sentence
I felt bloated from eating too much.
a bloated sense of his own importance
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Hill, who recently turned 30, is on the books to earn $22.9 million in 2025, but his 2026 salary of $45 million likely won’t be honored since that bloated figure was only put into the deal to artificially inflate his annual earnings to $30 million a season, which at the time set an NFL record.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 July 2024
When audiences finally get a good look at Cobble full on, Cage's face is barely recognizable underneath the white makeup, bloated prosthetics, and wild hair.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
There is no congressional oversight over the bloated, $100 billion intelligence community that targets the entire population for warrantless surveillance in hopes of thwarting an international terrorist attack in the United States.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
Whatever the outcome, Macron's 7-year political experiment with pro-business policies aimed at boosting the economy and reforming the bloated welfare state will be dented.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 14 July 2024
When audiences finally get a good look at Cobble full on, Cage's face is barely recognizable underneath the white makeup, bloated prosthetics, and wild hair.
—EW.com, 12 July 2024
There is no congressional oversight over the bloated, $100 billion intelligence community that targets the entire population for warrantless surveillance in hopes of thwarting an international terrorist attack in the United States.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
Whatever the outcome, Macron's 7-year political experiment with pro-business policies aimed at boosting the economy and reforming the bloated welfare state will be dented.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 July 2024
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“Bloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloated. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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